The secret is out! After years of writing, rewriting, revising, and querying—so much querying—my debut novel, The Witches of Willow Cove, is going to be a real book. Here’s the announcement from Publisher’s Weekly:

"Hannah Smith at Owl Hollow has acquired world rights to travel writer Josh Roberts's The Witches of Willow Cove, a contemporary middle grade fantasy in which Abby Shepherd discovers she has magical powers, odd occurrences start happening around her hometown, gargoyles fly, and a stranger she's not sure she can trust offers to teach her and five other middle-school girls everything she knows about witchcraft. Publication is scheduled for summer 2020."

So, yeah. This is actually happening. I’m going to be a published novelist. No big deal, it’s only been a lifelong dream.

Anyway, I’ve got a lot of exciting stuff to share in the days and weeks and months to come. I hope you’ll check in now and then and see what I’m up to as we near the Summer 2020 publication date!