Just Added the 134th Country Reading My Blog & Updated the Other Countries' Category

      

Readers Around the World

  

I want to say hello to everyone around the world reading my blog! Readers from the Maldives are the latest. They are the 134th country on the list! Welcome!

Great to have all of you along on the journey!

The OTHER category is for all countries not specifically listed in the database for this blog but still counted. I'm giving those a prominent spot at the top of the list with the number of pageviews as of the day I post this entry. Plus, I've included you in the number of countries with the plus sign: 134+.

Here's a complete list of the countries where my blog is being read:

• Other - not listed in the database by name
• 20,200 pageviews as of 25 March 2026
• United States
• Poland
• Ukraine
• France
• Turkey
• Germany
• Denmark
• China
• Russia
• United Kingdom
• Spain
• Netherlands
• Belgium
• Romania
• Taiwan
• Saudi Arabia
• Italy
• Canada
• Brazil
• Indonesia
• Mexico
• Vietnam
• Thailand
• Colombia
• Austria
• Macau
• Ireland
• India
• Singapore
• Moldova
• Pakistan
• Netherlands Antilles
• South Africa
• Philippines
• Czech Republic
• Finland
• Malaysia
• Kenya
• Australia
• Estonia
• Japan
• United Arab Emirates
• Greece
• Nepal
• Bangladesh
• Switzerland
• Hungary
• Portugal
• Slovenia
• Bulgaria
• Israel
• Mongolia
• Puerto Rico
• Iraq
• Latvia
• Serbia
• Sweden
• Georgia
• Azerbaijan
• Iceland
• Croatia
• Egypt
• Algeria
• Turkmenistan
• Cyprus
• South Korea
• Ecuador
• Kenya
• Ethiopia
• Kazakhstan
• Armenia
• Morocco
• Uzbekistan
• Madagascar
• Belarus
• Mozambique
• Albania
• Haiti
• Zimbabwe
• Uruguay
• Fiji
• Afghanistan
• Guinea
• Panama
• Hong Kong
• Venezuela
• Sweden
• Argentina
• Ecuador
• Chile
• Paraguay
• Dominican Republic
• Trininad & Tobago
• Botswana
• Algeria
• Peru
• Tunisia
• Kuwait
• Bahrain
• Costa Rica
• Kyrgyzstan
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Bolivia
• Angola
• Western Sahara
• Gabon
• Oman
• Côte ďlvoire
• Sri Lanka
• Guatemala
• Senegal
• Brunei
• Honduras
• St. Kitts & Nevis
• Congo - Brazzaville
• Côte ďlvoire
• Bhutan
• Jordan
• Guyana
• Palestine
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Barbados
• Jamaica
• Burkina Faso
• Mali
• Togo
• Cameroon
• Mayotte
• Nigeria
• Maldives

 

Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening - Reworking the Book!

  

I’m reworking and will be republishing my sci-fi/fantasy novel Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening! I’ve finished 7 chapters so far, only 27 to go!

I’ll be leaving for Europe in a few days and will spend some time over there on that project. Once I’m done redoing Merlin & Arthur, then I’ll begin writing my next novel—more about that later! :)

Below, I’ve included a paragraph from Chapter 7 of Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening. In it, Arthur is having a vision. Enjoy!

He recalled being submerged in a pool of thick, all-consuming blackness. Within that dark place, he moved in and out of consciousness, with snippets of life and moments from a distant past resurfacing. He was utterly alone and knew the gods had abandoned him; yet a lady, whose face he had first seen eons ago, occasionally entered his desolation. When she was there, she provided knowledge and understanding that he would need one day, along with a measure of hope and sustenance amidst the bleakness that enshrouded him. Days, months, and years upon years passed while he floated somewhere between life and death, unable to make a final decision on either. Then, one day—the earth shook.

VORTEX: Book III of the Alban Saga — ANOTHER NEW REVIEW!

     

Image: "Vortex bw" by ahisgett is licensed under CC by 2.0

Here’s a new review that I just received from a reader in Scotland for my new book Vortex! There were some spoilers that I edited out, but there was still enough to show what they thought about it! I enjoyed reading it and chuckled a bit as I did! I loved the sense of humor at the end! :)

“I managed to read Vortex, within my holiday. Thoroughly enjoyed it, as I have done all your books, that I have read. I was a bit worried, that I would not remember all the different characters, but as soon as I started reading, they came back to me. I was trying to think, as I was reading it, how they were going to defeat Una… I was delighted with the way you handled it and then the final twist… My only problem, was the weight of the book. I found it difficult to hold the book, without it hurting my wrists, so I had to rest it on my tummy.😄😂" 

 

Traveling Back to Europe!

I’ll soon be leaving on another trip to Europe to visit friends in Poland and Scotland, travel to some sites in Scotland that are in the Alban Saga, and continue reworking and republishing my book Merlin & Arthur: The Awakening.

It’s been too long since my last trip, although I was having fun finishing my new book Vortex—the last book of the Alban Saga.

I’ll continue to check in with you along the way!

Two Complete Series Rewritten, Revised, & Republished!

The Rooms Series Duology

Updated!

 The Alban Saga Trilogy

Updated!

                                

I’ve been writing books since 2013. Since then, I've learned a great deal about writing and storytelling! That’s why I’ve been reworking and republishing all of my books.

So far, I’ve completed the two series that you see above: the Rooms duology, which includes ROOMS & THE CHOSEN and the Alban Saga trilogy of BEATRICE, BLACK GROTTO, and my newest novel, VORTEX.

I only have one book left to rework—MERLIN & ARTHUR: THE AWAKENING. Once I’ve completed that, I’ll begin writing my next novel.

If you decide you want a copy of any of my books, they are available on any Amazon website around the world either digitally for the Kindle Reader or in paperback.

If you’d like more information about any of my books, just click the Bob’s Books or the Book Reviews links at the top of this blog page!

Roald Dahl Quote!

"Roald Dahl signed books in the Kinderboekenwinkel in Amsterdam, inventory number 934-3367" by Rob Bogaerts / Anefo is marked with CC0 1.0.

 

I love this quote from Roald Dahl!

“And above all, watch the glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it."

Another wonderful Robert Frost Poem

 

Acquainted with the Night

BY ROBERT FROST

I have been one acquainted with the night.

I have walked out in rain—and back in rain.

I have outwalked the furthest city light.

I have looked down the saddest city lane.

I have passed by the watchman on his beat

And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain.

I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet

When far away an interrupted cry

Came over houses from another street,

But not to call me back or say good-bye;

And further still at an unearthly height,

One luminary clock against the sky

Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. 

I have been one acquainted with the night.