WOO HOO!!!

Hey, friends! Guess what? After a ridiculously long time, I finally finished my newest novel!

I was cleaning out my phone the other day and came across the photo below. It was dated

Jan 27, 2019. At first glance I was like, Aww, look at Scout! Such a cute little puppy! Then I took a closer, enlarged look at what I was writing. I realized this was when I wrote all my books with pen and paper before transferring to my computer. Why did these words look familiar? Because I just this morning, one month shy of 5 years, finished writing the book in the photo!!!

5 YEARS!!!

Okay, but let's look at this another way. In that 5 year period I have also finished and published, 1 novel, 2 middle grade novels, and 20+ kids picture books. So, while I started with the scratched out idea half a decade ago, it took probably an actual year to write.

This isn't meant to be a brag. This is to let you know it's okay to get distracted from one thing in order to finish something else. Just keep writing or whatever it is you love doing because you never know what other great thing will come in between the start and finish.

So, here's to the finish of 2024 and the start of 2025. May your creativity be unending and your days feel sunny even when it's cloudy. May your coffee taste vacation-y and the puppy paws in your face be gentle and lastly, may you be blessed with success and happiness in the new year!

Stay tuned for new novel cover reveal!