Dear Readers,

It’s been over a year since you’ve last heard from me. That’s a long time to go without keeping contact with you. I don’t mean my silly page posts or blogs, Instagram pictures, and posts on Facebook. I mean keeping contact by sharing more of the stories piling up in my head. The books I write. The pages you’ve read and the characters you’ve come to care about.

So, I’m writing this to tell you I’m sorry that I’ve been so quiet. And, to tell you why.

You’ve allowed me in a sense—...