I'm feeling a lot better. My entire family caught this bug, but we're all seeing improvement now. COVID has rightfully gotten lots of attention lately, but trust me...influenza hasn't gone anywhere. We did get our inoculations during the start of cold & flu season last year; this would have probably been much worse if we'd failed to do so. I once had the flu for three solid months. It's no joke. Get your shots, folks.
One bright spot while convalescing has been that I've put a lot of time into "All He Surveys: Volume 01". Confidence is high that it will see publication (in written form, anyway) by, or before, autumn of this year. The plan is to get started on the audiobook ASAP after that, so you may well see chapters appearing in the Stardrifter audio feed before the year is out.
Sign up or listen for that on the website: davidcollinsrivera.com.
My next Stardrifter short story, “The Prince of Ramador”, got put on hold for a bit, just like everything else, but it'll be getting back up to speed, too, soon enough. More on that as it develops.
But I guess that's all the news for now. No sense wasting your time. I do want to take this opportunity, though, to thank you all for sticking with Stardrifter through all the delays and indecision that seem to continually dog it. It is massively appreciated, and no mistake! As I often say...I'm slow, but I get there.
Take care,
-David