Our winter turned into something quite atypical as the weeks went by. Very little snow, and very high average temperatures (as things go). Right now it's early March, about 8C and raining, so that's unusual. Or maybe it's the new 'usual'. In any event, we're not frozen solid and there's nothing to shovel and/or scrape, so that's nice.
Writing is moving along very well. The first book of the new trilogy is at 55000 words and counting. I'm thinking the final count will come in somewhere around 90000, but from book to book I've been pretty consistently wrong on estimating that sort of thing.
In other news, I've recently joined (rejoined?) a local dungeons & dragons club for adults, and I'm looking forward to it more than I expected. Last month was my first time attending, and I had a blast introducing the team to their new friend: Hiram Redleaf, the cleric who has had it up to here with his deity. He's not even a religious person, as halflings go. He thinks the gods are a bunch of thugs and bullies. But at the same time, he's not an idiot: when a god tells you to do something, well, religious person or not, you do it. I'm looking forward to providing updates on his adventures, assuming he doesn't get smited (smitten?) or otherwise falls victim to misadventure. Three cheers for bad choices!
