Welcome to my December Smorgasblog post:

1. My new Deserted Lands
   short story DRIFT AWAY is published in a FREE Anthology THAT MOMENT WHEN… [Amazon link]. designed to introduce people to new YA authors. We’re currently #1 in three categories, but want to break the Kindle Top 100 Free List. Download it if you can. Also available on other ebooks formats: Kobo. Nook. iBooks.
2. For NaNoWriMo this year I ended up with more than 15,000 new words on NO MAN’S LAND, book three in Lizzie’s Deserted Lands trilogy. I’m currently sitting at 28000+ words, approaching the first third in rough draft. If you want to be on my beta reader list, be sure to sign up for the newsletter in the orange box at the top of this page.
3.  My short story collection, OUTWARD BOUND, is currently free in the Amazon store. If perchance you miss this opportunity, have no fear, it will reappear later this year…
4. I will be writing a longer personal blog post on the subject, but here is the crux of it. Monday was literally the first day of the rest of my life. I took a pay cut back in September and now  get to have the time cut that went along with it. This week, and all work weeks until at least September, I have an extra 70 minutes a day, I am writing every day from 7-8am.  My goals are big for 2017 and the first step is ending 2016 well.
5. To end 2016 well I am running some promos and sales in addition to the Outward Bound collection mentioned above. The next is the FIRST time ALL IS SILENCE is seriously on sale since it was released. It will be $0.99 and similar pounds/euros/etc. Majorly marked down. ONLY for a few days.
6. Following that, TOILS AND SNARES will be $0.99 from the 8th to the 15th of December.
7. I was hoping to get to eleven items in this post, but got distracted by the internet. Gonna post this now. Hug your friends and family. Stay warm. If you need something to read over the winter, please consider me. Thanks. Rob