‘A strong start’

Dear friends and supporters – you know who you are.

I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank you again for backing my work in the most practical way possible. I’m assured by Steady that it’s ‘a strong start’. It also works as a significant morale booster by reminding me that there are people who value my work all year round, even though my writing life is largely spent holed up behind my desk. It takes me back to the days before social media and crowdfunding, when I was writing Tolkien and the Great War…