…of steam.
During 2013 I have been working towards something. In the first week of January I read that an American small press called Musa Publishing was starting a Steampunk shared world project called The Darkside Codex, and would be inviting pitches for potential novels or novellas at the start of April.
I approached them with a plot synopsis and 20 sample pages which they were very enthusiastic about, but they needed to see more before they could make a decision. In early August I sent them just over half the novel, and this month they got in touch to accept and offer me a contract. Guess if I signed.
The novel’s not quite finished yet and neither is 2013, so obviously I’m still working towards something – but if all goes well it could be in all good ebookshops this Christmas. Failing that, maybe Chinese New Year.
ANDREW LEON HUDSON 
Thoroughly deserved, long overdue (success, not completion of this fine volume), and just the start… Congrats and, yes, we wanna see it for Xmas.