Happy New Year!

Published: Sat, 01/01/22

Dear Reader,

MIA writer reporting in. So... December was an interesting month. I began it by flying to Australia. 24 hours in a plane--plus having to fill in approximately eleventy billion government forms--is not for the faint of heart!

But at the end of it I got to see my parents!

This is my mom!

And this is my dad!

After the excitement of seeing them passed, I felt pretty tired. I'd actually been feeling pretty tired for a while. But I'd thought that it was because of the stress of The Quiet Prince's deadline. Then I thought it was because I flew to London and on to Australia within a week. And then I thought I was tired because of the jet lag and the social whirl of seeing all my family for the first time in two years.

Nope, it turns out I had low iron levels. Like really low, go-straight-to-the-hospital-and-get-an-iron-infusion levels.

Have I mentioned how much I *love* needles? Shudders

And then just to cap off the silly season, I got Covid for Christmas. No, I'm serious. Best guess, I was infected on Christmas Day when I was at a family lunch. My cousin and I both started showing symptoms a couple of days afterwards.

The good news is that since I've been vaccinated and boosted, I haven't got anywhere close to dangerously sick. It feels a lot like I've got a pretty nasty cold, but no more traumatic than that. And I'm definitely on the mend now.

So I spent my New Year's Eve in quarantine at the family home. But my mom has been isolating with me. And, thanks to a NYE care package from some very kind friends, we rang it in with pink champagne and caviar anyway.

It felt like a poetic justice kind of end to 2021.

XoXo,

Edwina

BOOK NEWS

Nothing. Nada. Crickets.

Thanks to the superhuman efforts of my amazing editor The Quiet Prince is edited and uploaded. It will be coming to you on January 6. Buuuuut... the special engagement epilogue is delayed because I've been K.O.-ed by Covid.

I'm really sorry, dear reader, but I hope you'll understand the delay. As soon as it's available, I'll post a link in this newsletter.

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