I thought it was time to let peeps knowing just what on earth I'm playing at.

I know I have posted stories for the anthologies, and a few short stories, but I have two in process stories that have kinda languished with no new chapters since last summer, for which I apologise.

Work, life, work, work etc etc got in the way.

The Ddraig-Cyfrinachau has encountered more problems than I thought possible when I started writing it - the best laid plans of mice and men and all that

The person who helps me with all the history research and creating fiction around the facts has had some serious health concerns, but she's now back on the mend.

I had also originally planned for this to be one novella/novel length story, but I have been adopting oh so many plot bunnies, and some of the ideas I have are proving far more difficult to write into the story than I imagined.

I have also (without meaning to) created a few sub-plots within the story, which I (at present) have no idea how to develop without the main story getting lost.

I have kinda written myself into a little bit of a corner, but so what else is new

I have therefore had to reassess my plans for this story in a pretty big way. The new plan:

1. The existing story will now end in probably three or four chapters time (probably around August all going well). I have rewritten the next few chapters to accommodate "THE NEW PLAN" (imagine big shiny letters and trumpets blowing and flags waving and streamers and stuff) and I hope to start posting by the end of the month. This story will now serve as an introduction to the characters, dragons etc - something akin to the pilot episode of a TV series.

2. The story will continue as a series of smaller stories (hopefully around 10k each), with each focusing on one single event (kinda like an episode in a TV series). This will allow me to write a lot of the ideas I have, but have been struggling with incorporating without the basic plot getting lost.

3. I will be able to play around with plots and write flashback scenes more easily, and I can work on a few ideas at the same time - which will mean that if one "story" won't write, I can simply work on another and it won't hold up the series.

4. I'll be able to address the sub-plots I've created and the bunnies I've adopted.

As for my other story From Russia With Love, well, until I get The Ddraig-Cyfrinachau finished nothing is going to happen. I've got chapters written in rough, but I want to get the first story finished, before I start doing any rewrites on this one.

Wish me luck with "THE NEW PLAN" (I really, really, really don't want to have to come up with "THE NEW NEW PLAN" ).