Welcome to Jon’s author diary for the week ending October 17, 2021. I’ve had a busy week. Much of it has been spent getting everything ready for my launch of Black Death Survival. This is now up for pre-order and the paperback is live. The hardback is in review and I’ve been going through the auditions for the audio edition. I’ve taken a step back from writing A Murder of Crows and have decided I need to write another draft of Dawn of Assassins. I thought this book was done. But it needs something else. My unconscious mind has been nagging at me for a few weeks about this book. And it was right. So, I’m going through one more time to make sure the setting feels more lived in. The story’s there, there characters are there, but I need to spend a bit more time showing the setting to the reader. It’s a grubby, grimy setting, and although I can picture that in my mind, it doesn’t come through onthe page. So, this is going to put my schedule back for this book, but I’d rather release something I’m proud of than a book I know isn’t as good as I can make it. Reading This week I read The Memory Code by Lynne Kelly. This was a book about how oral history is communicated through objects and markers on the landscape. Her main argument is the places like Goblekli Tepe, Stonehenge, and Easter Island could have been built to help tell stories. Her research was fascinating, though I’m not sure I buy all of her arguments. I also read The Bone Ships by RJ Barker. This was excellent. If you enjoy nautical fantasy with luscious worldbuilding, this is a book for you. What’s next? So, next week is all about getting everything ready for launching Black Death Survival. Plus, I want to carry on with my redraft of Dawn of Assassins. It also looks like my research trip to Egypt is going ahead next month, so I need to start gathering provisions for that. Take care, Jon

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212 - October 17, 2021 - Black Death Survival, Dawn of Assassins, RJ Barker, The Bone Ships

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211 - October 10, 2021 - A Murder of Crows, Black Death Survival, RJ Barker, The Bone Ships

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210 - October 3, 2021 - A Murder of Crows, Black Death Survival, Bernard Cornwell, Terry Pratchett

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209 - September 26, 2021 - A Murder of Crows, AC Cobble, P. T. Hylton, Michael Anderle, Bernard Cornwell

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208 - September 19, 2021 - A Murder of Crows, Terry Pratchett, Bernard Cornwell

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207 - September 12, 2021 - A Murder of Crows, Dawn of Assassins, Terry Pratchett

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206 - September 5, 2021 - A Murder of Crows, Garth Nix, Lee Child

205 - August 29, 2021 - Dawn of Assassins, A Murder of Crows

204 - August 22, 2021 - Dawn of Assassins, Bernard Cornwell, M.D. Massey, Ed Cannon

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203 - August 15, 2021 - Dawn of Assassins, David Daglish, A Dance of Cloaks

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202 - August 8, 2021 - A Murder of Crows, Cross-bay walk, Robert V. S. Redick

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201 - August 1, 2021 - Murder of Crows, Robert V. S. Redick, Master Assassins,

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200 - Black Death London, A Murder of Crows, Leigh Bardugo, The Grisha trilogy

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199 - July 18, 2021 - Black Death Survival/London, Crucible of Shadows, Leigh Bardugo

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198 - July 11, 2021 - Black Death Survival, The Gibson Contiuum, Robin Hobb, Crucible of Shadows

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