A giveaway … and a new blogging schedule for 2017!

Since I've been busy planning for the new year and even filling in some of my 2017 calendar, I decided that a book of cute Susan Branch Sticky Notes would be a fun giveaway for one of you to receive in December! I found this little book at T. J. Maxx and decided that since it was red, that was enough to make it semi-Christmasy and appropriate for the December giveaway.

And just in case someone has been unable to find one of the dollar-store wall calendars featuring teacups, I'm including one of those as well. To be entered, just leave a comment to this post between now and noon EST on Friday, December 16, and you'll be entered to win! (US and Canada only, please.)

And now for a little news of some change that is coming…

The end of the year always sees me planning for the year ahead, and one thing I've realized in recent months is that I haven't committed enough time to social media that focuses exclusively on my writing and editing career. So in 2017, I'm planning to blog here about tea and teatime, same as always, on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday each week. Tuesday and Thursday I'll be blogging about the writing (and reading) life over at a new blog, and when it goes live, I'll let you know about that as well since I know at least a few of you are also interested in writing. I've decided not to have a Saturday series, at least for 2017, since I'm trying to carve out more time for my fiction. Meanwhile, I look forward to continuing to "talk tea" with you for as long as I have readers who are interested!