Darling Mia,

I have been unwell, as you may have noticed. Apart from my mother’s situation, I have become overwhelmed with my own writing ventures — from revising and selecting poems for a chapbook (and competitions); work on various pieces of short fiction, here for Medium, and also for competitions; and have started work on my first novel.

Also, I started a 10 to 6 job which saps my writing time, and what free time I have had has been Mum oriented and, when I can, I write.

Thank you for your love, darling, and I will return soon, to “kill” you all with great and diverse content. Though I have not been publishing, I have been writing various first drafts, so that I can then streamline my output.

Love, faith, gratitude, creativity & other such virtues.

Yours, as ever,

P. :)))))))