(where you never know where you’ll be tomorrow!)

If you haven’t gathered it by now, I have wanderlust.  If you decide to enter my alternate reality (I’ve been making them up since I was nine) you never know where it might take you–the wilds of Wales (Arthurian Omen),  Surf City in the summertime (Hidden Branch), or even turn-of -the century Vienna  (The Last Waltz).  Running away from home is my specialty.  That is because I used to live in a tiny town in the Ozarks where my only transportation was my imagination.  It wasn’t until I moved away from there that I could write about hillbillies in a humorous way (Poisoned Pedigree).  I used to sit in my study and moon over pictures and memories of my two magical vacations at Oxford (Of Deadly Descent).

Now that I am receiving reasonable compensation for my writing efforts, I am no longer bound to my house, and that means you and I are going to be taking some great trips together!  I have a series planned that will take us (God willing!) to Florence, the Greek Isles, Provence, and the Scottish Highlands.

I know some of you have issues with my leaving Alex and Briggie behind, so be assured: I have not absolutely given them up.  However, I do have some important stories to tell first.  And then there are those who plaintively accost me on e-mail, begging for a sequel to The Last Waltz. Well, at least I have that outlined!  Once again, I can only say there are other things to be written first, and hopefully you will find them equally compelling.  I am very happy that my readers take to my characters and alternate worlds so passionately.  That means I’m doing my job!

INTERNET LAUNCH

See my contest page for the rules for winning big in my Internet Launch of my newest Alex and Briggie–The Hidden Branch.

SIGNING TOUR

See my appearances page for my signing tour for The Last Waltz.  I am in the midst of it now, staying close by the air conditioning in Phoenix.  A wonderful new friend, Marjean, has taken me in hand, making sure I get where I’m supposed to be when I’m supposed to be there.

RECOMMENDATIONS

Two of my closest friends have new books out:  H.B. Moore’s Alma (see review below) and Rachel Ann Nunnes’ Saving Madeleine (see interview below).  You might want to pick them up when you go to the store to get Hidden Branch  or  The Last Waltz.