Year: 2021

Have some exciting news!

I am about to finish the first draft of Hazel, Book 9 of my Novo series. I’m on the last chapter now.

With this book done, and some creativity, I plan on publishing four books by the winter holidays!

It’s starting to hit me that I am more than two-thirds done with Novo. Such great friends and my head actually thinks in their languages. I actually swore by saying “pig snot” the other day. LOLOL…

I have book 11, Ivy, 90% done. Sooo… 10, 12, and 13 to go. I’m almost sad!

But I also miss my cop, Jaimie, and her K-9, Moe. So much to get done, finally, with the Haven Point series. I think I may have finally worked the kinks out of not killing off one of my most hated characters! Ahhhh.

I’ve also decided, for mental health reasons, not to finish or publish Being Casey. I was holding on to too much anger, even though I had come up with some fun characters. Watching Casey’s life unravel and get put back together, the way I would have preferred mine to, was rubbing salt in the wounds.

Well, it’s time for me to get back to Stew and see if his fingers get singed by the peaches. When I’m done with this chapter, I go back to OpCar in Hawthorne and do my final edit…. Can’t wait. June is one week away and I plan on having that baby out by the 15th…

Cheers, everyone!

Okay, so… things have been a bit tense lately.  The Gods of Chaos must have heard me speaking with my sister two days ago.

So, with the Ridge Lake series, I’m actually in the middle of writing book 9.  Books 1-5 are out.  Jana has book 6, and I am eagerly awaiting her ideas for the cover.  It’s something I was going to work on today, too, in between writing about Stew.  Books 7 and 8, I have some tweeking left to do, but I’m pretty happy with both.  I try to write a book or two ahead, so I have some clue as to where I am going.

Book 9 is pivotal for many of the story lines in this series.  I’ve got a lot of details to work in.  Plus Stew’s supposed “romance.”  I have a basic idea what I want for this book.  But I’m still working it out.  I was taking a break and decided to jump on Facebook.

Many of you know I am very supportive of veterans, as well as active duty- homegrown or enlisted.  I’m also supportive of anyone with PTSD or head injuries.  Otherwise, Smashed Potatoes wouldn’t be written in the first place.

One of my favorite places to visit on Facebook is The Dark Side of Service

So, as I’m scrolling through my feed, I came across this:

 

I just about peed my pants.

This was my response:

So, as you know, sometimes, real life, like when I’m chatting with Jana, does actually change my books.  This one definitely will.  Definitely.