It's Here, Somewhere

Moving madness

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Greetings Dear Readers!

And especially greetings to those new subscribers who’ve not yet heard from me! Yes, we’re here for historical fiction. Yes, I’m soon to publish my new novel, Farewell, O Syria!

However:

Pro tip - Don’t try to move across state lines with household, studio, offices, beekeeper’s workshop, and transfer professional licenses and two businesses while trying to publish your first book.

It will make you eat chocolate.

Because that’s not enough fun, we left FL at 3am, James driving a large U-Haul pulling a large trailer, myself driving the old Tundra pulling a small trailer, the two cats with me, for the 7-hour trip north. We needed to make our destination in time for a 1pm closing. Got there to discover the sellers still fully occupied the property!

No, they weren’t bad guys trying to be squatters. They and their 4 dogs had been ghosted by their movers.

In the end, neighbors arrived with farming trailers, their realtor spent 3-4 days loading and driving U-hauls, we began moving into the house as rooms were emptied. Absolute chaos, but we got to meet good people and we all survived. Ten days later, we finally had full access to the house, garage, attic, and storage building, waving bye-bye to the owners we’d gotten to know.

I’m now only knee-deep in boxes. That’s big progress.

And so, with this setback, I’ve had to hit the pause on the publishing project because as a newbie, I need better focus for this first time around. But we’re nearly at the stage of uploading text and covers to Print on Demand services and ordering proofs. Gasp!

I think a mid-September release might be doable, assuming there are no big problems with the print proofs.

Meanwhile, I promise a cover reveal the next time I come up for air.

I hope everyone is making the best of the high summer or deep winter phase of this year! Let me know what’s going on with you!

Blessings,

Lausanne