

Now that Awakening is being queried and I’m in the thick of waiting for the perfect agent to come along, fall in love with my manuscript, and send me an offer, I’ve turned my attention back on Book II. I had paused on the first draft close to the 25% mark, and when I went

It all started when my family arrived home one evening last week and found an adult eastern box turtle sitting in the middle of our driveway. Worried he’d end up getting squished, I jumped out of the vehicle and placed him near a small pond I had built earlier this past spring. My daughter, in