As I mentioned shortly before the holidays, I spent much of 2018 working on the next book while moving my family to Whidbey Island, setting up our house, and getting my daughter up and running in school.

Just before the holidays, we had an extended power outage across the island (four days!). Fortunately, power was restored on Christmas Eve, but needless to say, it made progress on the book a bit tricky. Then came a series of snowstorms that didn’t want to end. If any of you live in the area, or...