Muse News #6: 1000 Page Views, More Audio Book In The Can & Visit to Scotland!

The Annotate-Id has crossed the 1000 page views mark!

Not a milestone, but close enough
[Photo: Jack Gilbert]

I know that in the overall scheme of things, this is quite a humble achievement for a blog, but I hope that it's the first of many milestones that this blog will cross in its lifetime.

A blog is nothing without readers and the continued support of its followers.

Thank-you to you all for visiting and, in many cases, coming back again and again! It's early days yet, but I hope that you keep visiting for many years to come!

And if you really like it, please tell your friends about it! (If you haven't already)

More Audio Book In The Can

Work is progressing very nicely on the audio book beta of 360 and I'm now about a third of the way through.  I'm getting into the routine of recording a dozen secenes each day, although there have been some days where there's been neither the time, nor the environment (squawking seagulls outside, washing machine in the kitchen, or gravelly morning-voice) to record as much as I'd like.

I'm still on schedule to complete it in three weeks as planned, which is encouraging.  The headline for this then is probably: So far, so good!

Visit to Scotland

However, there will be a slight break in the recording schedule as this weekend, I'm heading to the West Highlands of Scotland for a week of R&R.  I'll be staying in a little place on the shores of Loch Linnhe in the area where I set most of 360 and during the course of the week I'll be visiting a nearby glen that features in the now resting novel, The Wickedest War.

Yours truly contemplating Glen Coe last year.
[Photo: Jack Gilbert]

This will be my third visit to the area in as many years and to say that I've fallen in love with it is really quite an understatement.  The scale, the beauty and the tranquility of the West Highlands always leave me inspired and cleansed of stress and altogether more human than when I arrive.

I've always loved long walks through beautiful countryside and there are a few good long walks planned over the week which will provide plenty of inspiration for Kiranan's Crucible (as well as other stories, as yet unknown) and plenty of time and space to think about life in general (although, hopefully not over-think it...).

I'll try to post Muse News and Notes In The Margin while I'm up there, as well as some extra posts when the muse strikes, but it'll all be dependent on how late we get back from each day's adventures!  If previous years are anything to go on, there could be a few days that get missed...

However, I will keep the twitter feed as up-to-date as I can, so if you'd like to follow something vaguely like an irregular commentary on what I get up to, that's probably your best bet!

So there we go!  The next stop is Thursday and Notes In The Margin.  See there, or on Twitter for the Great Highland Hike!