I’m Back!

So, it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to post here.  Life has been pretty consuming for the last few months.  So many trips out of town to look at prospective homes;  looking at floor plans and sliding things around; waiting and waiting until it shows up and gets put together; so glad all that is almost completely behind us.  I don’t think it ended up like either of us had originally planned, but it turned out nice and it will be home.  I’ll miss my two-story house and my porch. I’ll be wistful of the hominess of our old place, but I’ll enjoy more space, a larger kitchen, and not waiting on the bathroom.  And I have an office (though no desk as of yet).  The recent snow has made the mud which is our yard interesting.

As for writing, well I’ve squeezed in a little here and there.  There’s Something About Henry is almost done.  I still have some edits and the cover to finish up.  Amazingly, I am finishing that book after just about eight months of work, while I still have two novels which have been years in the making that are not quite done.  I think the inspiration behind the story drove me to finish it quicker.  I had hoped to re-release Whispers in the Wind with a new cover at the same time and I still hold out hope for that to happen.  I had hoped to be finished up before Christmas, but that didn’t happen.

The other two novels, The Ladder Climber and The Blemished Rose, are also in proof stage and, with some editing and cover work, will be ready to release soon.  All three of those novels are currently being read by readers who are giving me some kind of feedback on them.  Who knows?  Maybe all of them will release this year.  I missed a release last year, so I may have to make up for that with a couple this year.  I’ve done some work on Some Kind of Life and it is getting close to having a finished first draft.  Some Kind of Life is a young adult novel.  I’m really excited about Some Kind of Life because I think it will appeal to the readers who enjoyed Whispers in the Wind.  It is another tale of a young girl finding her way, but is a little more contemporary than WITW.  Margarita Dance is a spicy little love story which is just beginning to take shape.  The Chase (which will likely get a new title as it develops) combines two of my favorite things — bittersweet stories and baseball.  It is about one third of the way into its rough draft.  Ashes to Ashes will be the title of the third and final Whispers in the Wind novel which will star Abby’s grandson Berk.  That story will probably have a lot of what I’ve been feeling for the past few months.  It is just in the planning stages.  For Love and Honor is still out there hanging in a state of “when I get back to it.”  There are so many stories and just so little time.

In the meantime, I’ve been reading and reading and reading some more.  If you go to the website www.lemieuxbooks.com you can find my Recent Read list.  There might be something there you would like.

I thank those of you who have emailed asking how things are going and maintaining an interest in what I am doing or working on.  Hopefully, things will start to move in a direction where life settles down a bit and I can get some traction once again.  Also, I want to offer a thank you once again for those who have been so supportive and helpful in the last few months.

Well, that’s it from me for now.  Until next time, Happy Reading!