Sadie Conall

by how many of you are downloading and reading my books. I just want to say thanks for your support. I’m still struggling to get through Ruby’s story – it’s turning into a good 400 plus page book, so just bear with me. I’m trying to get it done. And I’ve almost got my new cover ready to go which I’m really excited about – thanks Charlene Raddon for all your hard work and for putting up with my constant requests for changes!

Anyway, back to my laptop. But I’ll add another excerpt here for you. Best I can do at the moment.

Ruby turned back to the cabin and saw Tucker sitting on the top step of the porch, yet only his face was visible in that pitch blackness, illuminated by the glowing coals of the pipe he held to his mouth. 

She didn’t want to go back inside, finding the heat of the cabin and the four walls claustrophobic after all those months of living outdoors.

“May I join you?” she asked as she walked towards him. 

She heard Tucker grunt his approval and then careful of his hip, he moved over to let her sit beside him.  Ruby gathered her skirts and sat down on the dusty step.  And that didn’t bother her either, although once it might have.  But she was well used now to sitting on dusty grounds and well used to wearing soiled clothing.  None of it mattered to her much these days, not like it once would have. 

I’m not really one of those authors who post to social media a lot, nor do I write on this blog very much, but I try and keep my readers up to date with what I’m doing. I’m halfway through writing Te’tukhe’s story and almost finished Ruby – I thought I was finished with her adventures but I wasn’t happy with it – even though others who were reading it for me were, and then I realized Ruby needed a stronger love interest as she’s such a feisty person. So back to add a main character – which is the reason it’s taking so long. I wish I was one of those authors who publish a book every month or every three months and although I’ve tried, I have to be really confident in the book I’m going to publish before I let it out into the world. I’ve also suffered two nasty bouts of vertico and nausea this year which left me unable to look at a TV screen, let alone work on a computer and each time the bout is longer than the first. The latest one lasted seven miserable days. I’ve also been caught up over the past two months working for an organisation that I couldn’t get out of, but just to let you know that Ruby’s story is coming.

Because of the great response I’ve had to Ella’s story, I’ve decided to write another book, making escape west by wagon train a two-part series. The second book will be about Ruby and for those of you who have read the first book, you’ll know all about this tough little character. I’ll let you know publishing dates in the next few weeks. To make the books flow, I’ve added an epilogue at the back of Ella’s story which I’ll include in the front of the new book so all those who have read Ella’s story won’t miss out on reading it. Really excited about this.

on what I’ll be doing this year. I’ve made the decision to go ahead and write a book on Te’tukhe, one of the main characters in the Madeleine series. I’ve got so many notes on him and I did fall in love with him a little while I was writing about Madeleine and Ryder, but my main difficulty was when to start his story.

We first met Te’tukhe in 1799 in the first book of the series When the Wolf Loves and he returned to play a big role in the last two books. But the last book, When the Wolf Breathes, ends in 1806 and I didn’t see him as having anywhere to go after that. And although there could have been a story during those years he was with Ryder between 1797-1799, I finally decided Te’tukhe’s book could start in 1796, the year BEFORE he meets up with Ryder. Although from my notes and what I’ve done so far, it’s going to be a bit brutal as those times were hard. But will keep you informed on this as this year goes on.

I’m also playing around with a story on Ruby, one of the central characters in Ella escape west by wagon train, which would make that a two-part series. So will keep you up to date on that as it progresses.