Christmas – Eric Thomson's Starship Stories

“May peace and plenty be the first

To lift the latch at your door

And happiness be guided to your home

By the candle of Christmas.

God’s blessings and peace be yours throughout

This New Year.”

Another year has gone by, and gone by fast. Time seems to be accelerating, the older I get. Perhaps it’s the notion most of it has already passed that makes it feel so. Oh well…

In other news, it looks like there will be a seventh Ashes of Empire adventure after all. I toyed with a new series set in the same universe, a few years after Imperial Dawn but in the end, it didn’t gel. So now I’m re-working the concept as Imperial Rogue – Ashes of Empire #7. It’ll feature some of the folks from Imperial Dawn like Norum and DeCarde reprising their roles. When will it be out? Likely not before late April or early May.

And now, peace fellow humans. Stay safe, stay healthy, and enjoy the season.

Last night, I finished revising Hard Strike (Decker’s War Book 7) and sent it to my editor. With Christmas coming up next week, I don’t think she’ll get to it until after New Year’s Day and probably not until the second week of January. But the holidays won’t impede a late January publication date, so I’m not worried.

I now intend to put the pen (or to be more accurate, the keyboard) aside for two or three weeks to recharge the batteries. As usually happens once I finish a book and send it to my editor, I find myself drained. A good thing I have an agreement with Mrs Thomson that I don’t work or even think about work at this time of year. But come January, I’ll dive into Ashes of Empire: Imperial Twilight.

Since this is likely my last blog post of 2018, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all.

Count your blessings instead of your crosses.

Count your gains instead of your losses.

Count your joys instead of your woes.

Count your friends instead of your foes.

Count your smiles instead of your tears.

Count your courage instead of your fears.

Count your full times instead of your lean.

Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.

Count your health instead of your wealth.

Love your neighbor as much as yourself.