In a couple of hours I will travel by train to the city of Arnhem, for the official releaseparty of the book 'Woestijnvaders'. I'm part of the team that produced this book, of which I am very proud. It is a book about some illustrous figures from early church history, monks en nuns traveling into the desert and starting the monastic tradtion. Not because they wanted to start anything at all, but because they wanted to grow in their relationship with God, with themselves as human beings, and with fellow humans and creation around them. This will probably be the least conventional book ever published about the desert fathers, seeing how it's made up to look like a magazine and illustrated with art, quotes and maps. There's even a small brewery that will make a series of beers featuring the desert fathers and mothers. I look forward to tasting the beer named for 'Moses the dark' tonight. There will be interviews in national newspapers about this book, so keep a look out for that!

This is only the first event that's coming. My own non-fiction book is nearing completion as well! The last few weeks I have been busy with the last editorial checks, adding some minor nuances to the book. Also I've seen some cover designs, and the title of the book has changed. It will now appear as: 'De loser die wint ... als God je verhaal vertelt' (The loser who wins ... when God tells your story). A better title, that conveys the message well! I hope to see the final proofs soon. I once thought the end of october would see the publication, but I think it will be november. I'm also trying to organize a book signing event at the christian book store in Delft in the end of November, for me to celebrate it's publication. I'm also looking forward to hear what readers thought of the book. It will not be everybody's cup of tea, but I found myself being enthousiastic about it when editing the proofs, so I hope others will have the same response to the book! Let me know as soon as you have read it!

Then there's my fantasy duology 'De Krakenvorst', that's picked up by Macc, a small Dutch publisher specialising in fantasy and SF. First another couple of books have to be finished, but then my book is scheduled. There will have to be some rewerites, but I look forward to diving in the world of Tarid, Alecia and Frelik and their struggles with the cult of the Almighty and the mysterious Kraken king. My information is added to the publishers' web site, so it is official! I hope I will be able to present the book at the annual Castlefest festival in august 2016! Follow me on my blog, or here on goodreads, or on Twitter or Facebook to keep informed!

Last week I sent out a SF-story to participate in the Fantastels-competition. A competition for original Dutch and Flemish fantasy and Sf-stories. This is the third competition I have entered, and I think it's exciting to see how my work compares with others'. Next month I'll also enther the Trek Sagae-competition for the second time, and participate in a Flemish competition as well. I'll also send out my contribution for the next Ganymedes-collection, as I have already chosen which story to send in. Just last week I finished writing another SF story, my 28th this year! I don't think I've ever written that many short stories beforen, even when I was a teenager. I find my inspiration continues to thrive, as every time I think I will not be able to come up with more, it provides me with another idea. So I just follow the muse ... I still hope to publish some collections of my short fiction in the future, and I hope entering (and maybe ending up at a high spot in) competitions will help me achieve that!

At the office work is in progress to make it possible for me to work less hours, and have more time available for my writing career. I hope I can go back to a three day work week starting december. I have a lot of ideas that I will start to work on as soon as I have a bit more time! E.g. a collection of my own poetry, that I want to publish by a PoD-service somewhere next year!