First of all, thank you for your patience. I have been working on the first draft for some time but issues around my own life - both mental and physical - have meant that this has taken longer than I hoped. It seems weird to realise that I've written something that is longer than The Fellowship of the Ring but that's where we are. 

Thankfully I am pretty much finished, which is a great relief to me and, I'm sure, to you.

Again I can only thank you all for your patience.