Just letting you know how things are going. I’m on the final stretch of reading the collection through (I had hoped to have it out before Christmas but that became impossible) so I’m hoping to have it out within the week. As you know from my newsletters, its book 9, so it’s out of sequence but I’ll be publishing book 8 as soon as I can get it done. Book 8 is the ninth and final book in the Madeleine series.

These short stories were written some years ago, one I wrote back in 2018 before I put it aside and started Ella. There’ll be four stories in total, including Ryder:a boy alone which was a short story I gave away some years ago to readers who joined my newsletter. I’ve always loved that story so after editing it and changing things around a little, I’ve included that in my collection. There’s also a story of Te’tukhe, but he’s always been a favorite of mine.

I hope you enjoy reading the collection. It’s probably the first and only time I’ll do short stories but I’ve enjoyed writing them.

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year with your loved ones. We had rain for New Year but it was still lovely to see it in . I hope you know only joy, good health and prosperity for 2026.

A big thank you to everyone who has downloaded my book Two Feathers. I had plenty of doubts while writing it as it’s a little different to the other books in the Madeleine series, so I’m thrilled so many of you are reading it (free to those in KindleUnlimited), or downloading it.

I’m halfway through getting the Collection of Short Stories out to you. I’ve finally got my covers sorted so I’m hopeful I can get the Two Feathers paperback out sometime next week. The ebook and paperback covers for the short stories is also almost ready. Excited about getting that book out, then I can get onto book 8, the last book in the series. After that, it’s onto the Archard series. It seems to have taken forever to get to this point, but my books are all long, with Two Feathers being over 500 pages and the short stories being close to 300 pages. Looks like Book 8 will also be around 450 pages, but there’ll be a lot to cover. Anyway, just thought I’d say a big thanks to you all, I’m so pleased you’re enjoying Two Feathers. Also a big hug and thank you to those readers sending emails to me telling me how much you’re enjoying it. It means the world to me x

I’ve finally managed to get Two Feathers published after some drama with Amazon’s AWS collapse last week. It’s also taken some time to get the advanced copies out to everyone, but the problems are all resolved now, so there shouldn’t be any more delays.

I hope you enjoy this book, although it’s a long read at around 500 pages. Book 8 is already in draft form and I hope to get that out to you early next year. That’s the last book in the series, however I’ll be publishing a collection of short stories before Christmas. That’s actually Book 9, but it’s almost ready to go so you may as well have it.

Thanks to everyone who have already downloaded Two Feathers and a big thank you for your patience and support over the past eighteen months. Couldn’t do this without you.

For those of you looking for the Amazon link here it is https://www.amazon.com/Two-Feathers-Madeleine-Sadie-Conall-ebook/dp/B0FTFHTD7Y otherwise you can check out the free excerpt on my Free Stuff page here on this website.