We are back home. It feels strange, after three months away, but oh so familiar. We exchanged constant sunshine for gray, sagebrush for snow. And I am loving it. I am not a skier, but I still love winter and I can’t wait to have enough snow to strap on the snow-shoes.

I did so much writing during my sabbatical, I am now at the point where I just sit and wait for others (mostly editors) to get back to me. I hate this stage. It’s all out of my hands. I want to jump into my next project, but with 3 books in the pipeline, that would be crazy. Sooner or later, I’ll be editing. Apparently the publisher has found an illustrator for my picture book, so that slow project is rolling. I am anxious!

One of the nice things about our stay in Taos was meeting a young adult author, Lauren Bjorkman, whose new book came out while we were there. It is called Miss Fortune Cookie and I loved it. I could so relate to the main character, Erin. In fact, I told Lauren it was kind of freaky. Erin could have been me at seventeen. I don’t want to give too much away, but I strongly recommend it. It is full of humour and real emotion.

Lauren gave a shout out to me and my book, Yellow Mini, in her blog. You can see it at:

www.laurenbjorkman.com

Well, back to reality ….