Finished my first edit of Book 7 of "The Demonata"! It went quicker than I expected. Normally, at the first edit stage, I have quite a lot of rewriting to do, but this one seemed fairly solid -- hopefully that's a sign that it's going to be a very good book!!! Strange to think it won't see print for another 3 years -- May/June 2008!!!! But I'm glad I'm so far ahead of the publication schedule -- it gives me plenty of time to work on the editing process of the books in between, and also to write the last 3 books of the series. In fact, if all goes according to plan, and I finish the first drafts of books 8, 9 and 10 by the middle of next year, I'll have loads of time to focus on other books and projects, meaning, when the series ends in December 2009, I should have plenty of new material ready and waiting to hit you all with!!!!!!!

It was a dog of a day in Limerick. It rained almost non-stop, and we had thunderstorms around lunchtime -- lots of thunder and lightning. Had a power cut later, when I was eating my dinner. I thought I might be in for a night of no electricity, but luckily it snapped back on after 20 or 30 minutes. Living in the countryside is nice and peaceful, but you do sometimes find yourself at the mercy of the elements!!!!