Many of you have asked about a sequel to Waltz.  I realize that the book cries out for one, and I have a loose plot—Amalia working for the SOE (Special Operations Executive, one of Britain’s World War II spy organizations that used female agents) undercover in France, Andrzej doing the same thing in Poland, Rudi with the RAF, and Chris decoding German messages at Bletchley.  Told from all four points of view.  However, as you may have noticed, I am a slow writer.  I can’t take 33 years to do this one, but it will be another epic.  Hermann Wouk took ten years to write his sequel to Winds of War!  My crazy friend, Alana has suggested a hilarious title: “And the Band Played On!”  Isn’t that a completely nutty way to describe WWII?

I have a completed ms The Only Bright Thing that is an allegory of the fall.  It is quite literary and I was going to try to sell it in NYC, but after the wonderful job Shadow Mountain is doing with publicity and financing a signing tour for Waltz, I think I am going to hand it in to my product director tomorrow and see if she thinks it would be right for Shadow Mountain.  It is another manuscript that has been years in the making.  Five years to write, and another fifteen to work over and refine.  So, I am hoping that can be next year’s offering.

This fall, The Hidden Branch, my latest and probably last Alex and Briggie will be published.  For those of you who haven’t read my mystery series, it’s much different than Waltz, but it is funny and entertaining.  Briggie is especially outrageous in this one where she and Richard (her sixty-something swain) have several brushes with the law.  For those of you who thought Alex’s fiancé Charles was too good to be true, you will see how right you were!  Plus, you will find everything you wanted to know about Armenians and take a nice visit to Huntington Beach, California.  Now, I just need to layer one more time before I send it off tomorrow.  Nothing like barely making your deadline!