As I approach the launch of the latest installment in my Redwood Violet series, I find myself reflecting back on the very first character I ever created--Kate Reid, our heroine of the story. Over the course of these now, four books in the series, Kate has evolved to such an extent that I scarcely recall who she was on Day One. But then, I guess that's sort of how I feel myself. Although the first book in the series--my debut novel--was published in the spring of 2013, it was in fact, years in