Shadows of Rust & Reels is now available! Go to the Artists & Cottages page for the info, including buy links, and read the first chapter here on the site. 

I'm so pleased with the book trailer made for the story by Ami Hawkins, who also created the music for it (her own version of one of the songs featured in the book). Here's the trailer. You can also go like it on Youtube, and share with your friends.
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Shadows of Blues & Echoes was released in ebook March 2016. It is now also at Lulu.com in print.

The second of the Artists & Cottages series, Blues & Echoes reflects depression, the mental health issue presented in this story, as well as the mountain setting of Durango, Colorado. Find info and buy links on the Artists & Cottages page.

The third story of the series is coming to the end of completion with an expected release of fall 2016. Meant to be a novella, the story of Holli, a bipolar pottery artist, and Isaac, a welder looking after his ailing father, grew to a full novel by necessity. I was fortunate enough to recently visit the story setting of Williamstown, West Virginia in order to add first-hand detail to Holli's hometown. Many thanks to Brenda Rainwater for suggesting the setting and assisting with details and info!

Bigger News: The first novella for the new and final EMK series has been contracted to Prairie Rose Publications to be part of a boxed set under the Fire Star Press imprint. More details to come.

In the meantime, there is a story line in development for the first novel of the Songwriters series. This book will begin during Nanowrimo 2016.

So far this year, I've had a major computer crash and various too-long illnesses (what would winter be without them?), but the second Artists & Cottages book will be released on March 17th! To find info, jump over to the series page and scroll down to the newly added cover and blurb.

I'm throwing a release party over on Facebook for anyone who's there, so come on over and win some goodies:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1575762149411804/

The second Artists & Cottages book is nearing completion, awaiting edits.

In the meantime, I'm working on something different, a for-submission novella that will mark a whole new EMK series. I don't want to release information until (and if) it gets accepted by the publisher doing a very cool new concept line. If it doesn't fit them well enough, it will still come out later.

Stay tuned!