1/15/26 – Moving into the future with Vinci Books!

Hey there happy reader,

I hope that you are enjoying this short winter warm-up that seems to be happening across the country. Here in the northeast, the sun is shining and it’s over forty degrees, a vast improvement from last month’s frozen temperatures!

And I’m happy to report that things are beginning to move at a rapid pace for me with Vinci Books. 

They’ve redesigned the last cover of my existing titles, “Question Everything.”

Here it is:

It resembles my original concept, which makes me happy, because that cover truly captured the story on the page. 

This update, with its bigger car, feels even more ominous. I like it – I hope you do as well.

Plus, my marketing team has told me that my series, “The Gypsy Moth Chronicles” will be featured in a Valentine’s Day promotion, so I’ll be sure to update you on what that is once I know!

It was great to hear from so many of you after I shared the excerpt from my work-in-progress, “Below the Horizon.” 

Vinci has let me know that they are anxious to bring this book to market and it will be a very different experience for me to let someone else handle all the details with that process. I’m happy to not have to worry about the cover design and the marketing, but I’m somewhat anxious at the same time.

I think it’s like when your first child goes off to kindergarten. You know that they need to go, but you can’t imagine letting them leave home without you. I’m going to put my faith and trust into this new experience. My horoscope says to trust my instinct and prepare to meet with success… I’m going with that!

I’m starting to feel the need for one more trip to Stonehenge as I close the chapter on writing this novel. This one took a long time, lots of research and multiple drafts and revisions. It all started back in 2022 when I first stood before the monument and felt such a strong female presence all around me. As I finish, complete with my own theory on what happened all those centuries ago on Salisbury Plain, I’d like to stand there once more. I’ll keep you posted as to when that might happen…

I hope that you’re finding the time to read a good book! I’m listening to Laura Dave’s new novel, “The First Time I Saw Him.” It’s the sequel to “The Last Thing He Told Me.” It’s keeping me guessing, but let me just say that Owen, the male protagonist, better have a good reason for sending his wife around the world looking for him. I really don’t want to be disappointed at the end of this one!