Winter 2010

My dear Readers and Friends:

I have made some big changes to the website, my ever faithful webmistress, Willa, doing the grunt work for me. First, and I know this will come as a shock to many of you, but the Message Board is no more. My reasons for discontinuing it can be found in an explanation I've written to you on the Book Discussion page.

The second big change is the newsletter. As I have so frequently said to you I am not a celebrity. I am a working writer. My life revolves about my work and my family. For those of you who don't know it, I live on the North Fork of the eastern end of Long Island, a hundred and five miles from NYC. We are surrounded by water on three sides. It's farm country. We grow potatoes, and garden vegies about 9 months of the year. We have fruit orchards, vineyards and winerys. It's quiet and peaceful country unlike the South Fork across the bay where the rich and famous play in the Hamptons. I'm not sorry to tell you that I don't lead an exciting life. So from now on instead of posting a newsleter monthly and recycling the same news over and over, I'll be posting 4 newsletters each year. Look for a new letter with the change of the seasons. March 20th 1:32 p.m. with the Vernal Equinox; June 21st at 7:28 a.m. with the Summer Solstice; September 22nd at 11:09 p.m. with the Autumnal Equinox and finally December 21st at 6:38 p.m. with the Winter Solstice. And hopefully what I have to say in these 4 newsletters will be more interesting because you'll hear it only once. LOL!

I have 3 books being published this year. May. August. October. See Coming Attractions. There will be video trailers for them so be sure to check out the Book Trailer page in the weeks preceding the title's release. The May book which I'm told will be in the stores by April 27th is the last in The World of Hetar series. The only thing I will tell you about this final tale is that Lara and Kaliq remain together. They don't die. How could they? They're magic! I want you to know that I am very happy with how this book and series concluded. The last few paragraphs are the best ending I have ever written, and you know I am not an author to brag lightly. A teaser about the other 2 books will be available to you in the Summer Newsletter and the Autumn Newsletter.

Although I had planned to have only 4 titles in "The Border Chronicles", NAL wanted 2 more. I'll be delivering Book 5, THE BORDER VIXEN in March, and Book 6 which has no title or story yet in December 2010. After that I will begin a new series I am very much looking forward to writing. It is set in Medieval England and begins when a tired and worn Crusader returns home to discover his wife, and children dead of plague; and his lands confiscated by a greedy neighbor.

I hope you have all had a wonderful holiday season with family and friends. We had a white Christmas, the first in many years. Now having had 2' of snow I am ready for spring, but unlikely to get it for a few months. LOL! I hope your winter will be a good one. I wish you all a most happy, prosperous and healthy New Year of 2010. Pray for peace, and pray for our troops where ever they may be stationed. God bless, and good Winter reading from your most faithful author,