a summer version of the Roadhouse Report…
It’s #inmygarden time. From left, the iris I planted so long ago I can’t remember its name finally bloomed, the Himalayan poppies have really gone to town this year, bless their blueblueblue hearts, and, I confess, that Red Charm peony was planted this month and is only blooming because it came home from the nursery bearing a bud the size of a baby’s fist, which it lost no time in opening. I’m going to take that as a promise of future fecundity. More photos from my garden for your viewing pleasure can be found on my Facebook author page. This is just the best part of my year.
In re work…
*I am now writing Kate24, whose title was revealed in the last Roadhouse Report. How would you like to meet Emaa at age forty?
* I’ve completed the copyedit of Abduction of a Slave, aka Isis4, publishing in January 2025 and now available for pre-order, and returned it to be typeset. I’m sure I’ll get the proofs back with a 24-hour turnaround request right about the time I’m totally immersed in Kate24. Because that’s how things usually roll.
*I heart the National Park Service. On my road trip vacation last month not only did I get to see bison and Yellowstone and Little Big Horn and Devil’s
Tower and the Badlands (and more bison) and Crazy Horse and Dignity and so much more, I also found a whole bunch of great books in NPS gift shops that will inform my Harvey Girls series. Just one example: Bleed, Blister, and Purge: A history of medicine on the American Frontier. That should make for some fun
reading.
Back in regular format in September, when I’ll begin excerpting the first three Eye of Isis novels on Stabenow.com. You know, just in case I have yet to bludgeon you into reading them. Enjoy your summer, everyone!
