An apology from the author.
For those that are patiently waiting for another chapter, initially the delay was I had been rather too absorbed by the cricket world cup - NZ did very well, making it to the final for the first time ever. Since then I had written a good deal of this next chapter, but then while editing it, realised I had made Richard and Charlotte into mini-Darcy/Lizzie who then had a Hunsford like moment – total rubbish, and so I deleted it to start a rewrite.
Unfortunately, it was then my Father went into hospital, for something he and we all thought was routine, but was diagnosed with advanced stage pancreatic cancer. In the end we had very little time, as he passed away last Saturday, extremely suddenly for all of us, given that he was pretty healthy and active right up until the end.
I am going to need time to sort out my heart and my head, so will not up be up to writing romance at the moment. I imagine it will take several months to deal with this and thought it the right thing to let you know that there will not be a new chapter for a while. But I have a story I want to write (and have already planned out) – funny how prophetic that first opening few paragraphs seem now – and with patience, you will see further chapters later this year, continuing on the story of all our favourite characters.
In the meantime, enjoy all the other great stories being posted, with more reliability.
Regards,
Stephen (Fost)
