Pink Rose

Recently, several people have asked me about The Next Book. So, I thought I’d tell you. It is simmering right along, thank you very much. The first draft is nearly done, and would have been had I not gotten sidetracked by driving with my husband and three of our granddaughters across the state of Nebraska and back again. (There is surely a reward for such bravery. I think it might have been their giggles. Or their awe over the mountains. Or possibly the goodnight hugs.)

Anyway, Book Two is underway. It won’t be a sequel to Thirty Days to Glory, because I believe that story has been told. But a few characters shall reappear. And I think you will love Mavis at the C-store, Flora the Librarian, Deputy Dawson, and the fellow from Clarion Electric as much as we loved Elmer, Madge, Emily, and Pastor Cleveland.

Our heroine will be younger than Catherine was. And troubled by different problems. I’ll trust you to cheer her on as she grapples with the issues of life and the cast of characters she discovers along the way.

And now, Dear Reader, I’ll stop chatting with you and get back to it. I think I hear Flora calling…