This makes my month

I love my job as an author, but it’s a tough go because writing can be a grind. So, I doubly, triply, infinitely appreciate it when readers take time to let me know they enjoy the books. Their effort in contacting me makes the tough moments of writing a little better.

So, imagine my delight at finding out that Artist R, for a Halloween event, decided to carve a Lark pumpkin! I can only guess at the time the artist took in creating Pumpkin Lark—the hair, the expression–all of it! Lark would be th...