Time Flies

Wow, it has definitely been a while. Time flies when you’re having fun. So many things to do, so little time.

Just before the big COVID lock down, as part of my initial 5 year plan, I sold my long time rental property in the city. The timing was perfect, the market was ready for the type of property that I had, the price was bang on and it was gone in a week.

My son had been renting it for many years, the oil down turn had seen him become unemployed or under employed and I could no longer afford to carry the mortgage with no cash flow coming in. He moved in with me, everyone wins.

The lockdown hits, travel plans go out the window, somewhat. We have many, many great places to camp and visit in the Province of Alberta. Da Bus and I were not home much, except on weekends.

To keep ourselves busy, my son and I rekindled our model railroad interest. the back shop was slowly reorganized, a storage shed purchased and built, yard tractors and other non essential tools and equipment moved in. Many runs to the dump and Kajjij sales made for no longer required things.

Lighting upgraded from the Mickey Mouse two florescent fixtures to nine high wattage LED fixtures. Tables built, track laid and relaid and relaid. locomotives purchased, and blown up, the list goes on.

During that time, I also discovered a new hobby. 3D printing. That initially and still does consume much of my time.

So, where does that put the writing?

Slow…

Here has been what is happening. Zebra and Duncan are back from the editor and Zebra almost done. Gwen will be off to the editor in February. The plan is to release all of them within weeks of each other. That will be the end of the Wind Riders series, for the time being, depending on response to it.

Sometime in February, Bears Maul and Eagles Claw, book 8 and the final, Bears and Eagle novel will be released. Followed by a boxed edition of the eight novels, in Ebook format only.

A stand alone novel, Coker, has been written. No time table on that one yet.

And yes, Cal’s Quest is still in the works. I just need to re-read Part One and the half of Part Two that has been written to get my head back in that space to finish it off.

I also need to update this site, migrate my first five books from Create Space to my new distributors, order new copies of all my work to sell myself and more wonderful things like that.

So this latest lock down is actually helping me. Normally at this time of year, I would be headed on a 3000km trip south to get warm. Oh well, the furnace works well and there is no shortage of Natural Gas where I live. Plus the bonus of the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains, which, at this time of year, look so close you could walk there in an hour or so.

As always, keep warm, play safe.

R.P. Wollbaum