I know many of you are probably thinking that I have fallen off the face of the earth, or worse, given up on the "Knightingale Series", but I'm still here! I promise I haven't given up. Writing the series has been one of my greatest personal achievements. But beyond that, I trully feel like the characters are members of my own family. Giving up on them is absolutely impossible. 

The truth is, while I wish i could spend my days, hidden away in my office, writing till my fingers go numb, life has placed a lot of other demands in my path. It's hard to believe that it's been over five years since I first started writing "Knightingale". It seems like just yesterday when I found myself playing around with an idea that simply wouldn't leave me alone until I had pages after pages written. Then writting became an obsession. The characters filled my head night and day as if I had somehow stumbled across a veil into this other world and I was simply observing these amazing people and trying my hardest to translate what I was seeing onto the pages. It is an amazing journey and unfortunately I found myself forced to take a hiatus because life simply does not wait for you to catch up when you are ready for it.

I'm not complaining. I have a damn good life that I am incredibly thankful for. In the few short years since my last publication I got to experience my son learning to drive and then sit in his high school gymnasium watching him walk across the stage to recieve his diploma. I've been blessed with watching my daughter blossom into a beautiful, intelligent, driven young lady who will soon be entering her high school years.

I found myself reentering the workforce after several years of taking time off to raise our children, and while it has been a huge adjustment for us all, I have to say I honestly enjoy my job and actually being able to spend time with "real" adults.

Most of all, I'm enjoying this new phase my husband and I have found ourselves in. Being married for nearly 20 years is a long time to spend with one person. Now that our children are growing up, we find ourselves back to just the two of us. I know most people go through a phase where their children growing up causes them to feel sad or even depressed. Maybe I'm wired a little differently, but I find it exciting. Not only do I get to watch my children find their own way into this crazy world of adulthood, but my hubby and I get to go back to focusing on our relationship. In many ways, I feel like I'm twenty years old again, only this time I'm a lot more wiser and far more patient. Call it rekindling the romance or whatever you want to dubb it as, but I'm a lucky woman who has a man that loves and adores me regardless of all my flaws.

There have been many changes in my life, but my passion for writing is still just as strong as it ever was. It may take me a little longer, but I promise you, the series has not been abandoned. Samantha is about to face the biggest and scariest challenge of her life. Just thinking about it gives me chills.

​Stay tuned, I'll keep you updated as the story progresses. Happy reading!