Hello to you and your cats (and other pets, too…I don’t discriminate)!

To those of you who have been following me, obviously 2025 didn’t remotely go as planned. I didn’t get any books out, and didn’t even get all that much work done on them. I suppose I don’t have any adequate excuses. All I’ll say is that I hit some personal/health roadblocks that derailed pretty much everything. I’m mostly okay right now, but that doesn’t change the fact that “A Code of Silence” and “If I Dig Too Deep” have absolutely been further delayed.

HOWEVER!

I am back at it now, and my hope is that 2026 will see all of 2025’s plans come to fruition. I don’t want to make any bold promises, because that will only lead to disappointment (both for you—my wonderfully-patient readers—and for me). I’m starting to feel like a certain fantasy author with a penchant for promising the moon and stars, but never delivering. I don’t want that, and I’m going to try my best to avoid it from here on out.

That’s pretty much all I’ve got to say for now, other than once again apologizing for my lack of activity. As always, thank you for reading, for playing, and above all, thank you for your patience!

— Dan Burley (12/29/25)

P.S. Though there are em dashes in this text and in my works, I assure you there was no A.I. used in its creation, nor will there ever be. The written word is sacred to me, and I refuse to willingly enable the clankers and the billionaire pricks who keep forcing them on us.