This week I took a few days off for my birthday and ended up listening to the new Dungeon Crawler Carl book, A Parade of Horribles, over the space of just two days.

Safe to say, I absolutely loved it. The series continues to balance chaos, humour, and surprisingly emotional storytelling brilliantly.

I also continued working on Reign of Daggers (Dawn of Assassins, Book 4).

I initially thought I’d finished the draft, but realised the story needed a little more room to breathe, so I’m adding three extra scenes plus epilogues for each of the core characters.

That should bring the draft to a proper conclusion next week.

This week I hit the 60,000-word mark on Reign of Daggers (Dawn of Assassins, Book 4), and the story’s continuing to build momentum as I head toward the final stretch.

I also talk about the end of the Knowledge Fight podcast and my love of conspiracy debunking/deconstruction shows, including Some Dare Call it Conspiracy, Conspirituality, and QAA.

There’s something fascinating about pulling apart modern myths and misinformation.

On the viewing front, I’ve started watching the classic 1980s Poirot series, which I’m really enjoying, and revisited an early 1961 David Attenborough documentary on Madagascar. I love the slow pace and calm tone of those older documentaries.

Outside of writing, I reached 6k running, which feels like another solid milestone.

I’ve also been reading Heir to Atlantis by Chris Fox, an archaeological thriller drawing inspiration from pseudo-history, which has been a fun read so far.

This week I passed the midpoint of Dawn of Assassins Book 4 and officially reveal the working title for the project.

It’s been great getting back into this world after such a long break away from the series.

I also received The Prince and the Fool back from my editor, so that’s now moving into the next stage of the publishing process.

Outside of writing, I’ve continued with my running and managed 5.8k without stopping, which felt like a huge milestone.

I also took part in a tandem cycling taster session, which was a lot of fun and something I’d love to do more of.