Still on Hiatus...But Here's an Update Anyway.

In the spirit of becoming French, I'll be MIA this first week of August.

Bonjour, my devoted Substack subscribers. It’s Monday, and this week I will again miss my regular newsletter—my apologies. My family and I have been moving across the globe these past few weeks, from Bend, Oregon, to Nantes, France, and we’re still working on integrating into French society. In our first week, we managed to find and finalize a place to live, get some wheels, get a phone, and start to put together a new life. But there’s still much to do. Unfortunately, this process has taken me away from my work life and will continue to do so in the immediate future until we find childcare.

We’ve moved to Western France, close to the locations in my books, in the hopes of making a life for ourselves in pursuit of our passions. So far, so good. For those of you who don't follow me on social media, I recently attended my first book fair on the island of Noirmoutier. It was a privilege to be there with the other authors of my family: my father, Jean-Michel Adrien (the first of us to publish), and my grandfather, Michel Adrien. Admittedly, it was a slow show, but I found out at the end that I was the top seller of the fifty authors present!

Three generations of authors at the same book fair, dubbed “Adrien’s Wall.”

The month of August looks to be one focused on settling down, finding our routine, and of course, writing! My editor approved the outline for book 6 in Hasting’s Saga, and I’m chomping at the bit to get into it. Until then, if you haven’t already (and thank you 🙏 to all who have), consider supporting my work by joining the longships on an epic Viking Age adventure with the most notorious Viking of them all.

I took the time to shoot a quick promo for my books on Instagram, titled “Ragnar didn’t do it.” Hasting did!”:

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I’ve joked about how part of my integration into French society means taking August off, but of course, I’m not actually going to do that. Starting next week, I’ll be back into the flow of things with a regular newsletter containing the Viking history, writing tips, and reading recommendations you’ve come to enjoy on Mondays. Until then, have a wonderful week!

~ C.J.