6/11/26 – Have you worked in your garden yet? I finally planted flowers…

Hey there happy reader!

Spring has flown by! First, it was freezing cold, then it rained every single weekend making it impossible for me to get my flowerpots filled. I finally had the chance this past Sunday to dig in the dirt, and I’m pleased with the results…

I don’t know about you, but I do enjoy turning the soil over and getting my hands dirty as I choose where to place the different colored plants. 

There’s something meditative about it, a sense of renewal, and an appreciation for the beauty of nature. Did you have a chance to set up your garden? Are you a vegetable or flower person? (At our house, I handle the flowers, my husband plants vegetables. It works out for both of us!)

I think that writing a book is like planting a garden, only the seeds are words! 

If you string enough of them together in your imagination, you can create a story to share with others.

Speaking of stories, I’m excited to share my next book, “From Below the Horizon” with my advance readers – it will be going out shortly. My editor made some extremely valuable suggestions; it has been copyedited and proofread. Now I’m almost ready to put it into your hands.

When you work on a project for so long – it took me four years to complete this book – it’s somewhat scary to put it out into the universe. 

I hope you like it and that you will share it with your book clubs and your friends. I think it’s a valuable story with an interesting message about civilizations long past and the future that lies ahead. As soon as my publisher has the cover ready, I’ll share it here first!

Now I’m busy with my next book.

It’s a fun contemporary rom-com and I’m LOVING it. I shared the first chapter here a couple of weeks ago and the response was overwhelmingly positive (thanks to all who took the time to encourage me!)

Sometimes a story just tells itself, as this one seems to be doing.

I’m calling it “The 48 Hour Rule.” Why that title? Because the male protagonist thinks he has to wait that length of time to decide if he should call the female protagonist again after their first meeting. Needless to say, there’s a lot of humor on these pages…