Greetings, and please accept my apologies for my absence from The Spear and The Cross for the past six months. I vastly underestimated the importance of juggling the novel and my life (especially the latter) as priorities in my daily life. However, I have vowed to return, perhaps soon or later, but rest assured that I will return with a better story, intriguing characters, and my active participation as an author and writer, albeit under a different name. That's all there is to it. Thank you very much.