Writer's Wednesday: Progress?

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Why, yes, I do believe I am making progress! 

The cover art is progressing nicely--I'm hoping to be able to reveal that soon. Meanwhile, I have (with much help from my friends--special thanks to fellow writers Ronel Janse van Vuuren and Lisa Frieden) finalized the back-cover blurb! I'll share that below.

If you don't like seeing how sausage is made, skip the next paragraph!

 

In other news, I've drafted a whole new ending for Logged Off, which I think works better and makes more sense than the original version. Of course, I still have to beat it into shape, then go back and make sure everything in earlier parts of the book fits the new ending. 

 

In spite of this, and my travel plans for August, September, and October, I am on track to release the book in November. I've also polished up a few short stories to send out in search of a home.

In other writerly news, I've been going to lots of street fairs and hawking my books with the Author Event Network. It's been a lot of fun! This weekend I'm heading "home" to Vashon Island for the Strawberry Festival. I grew up on Vashon, and that experience definitely helped shape Pismawallops Island, the home of JJ MacGregor and my PTA Mysteries. When I was a kid, our church sold hand-cranked ice cream with strawberries at the festival. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't let us do that now.

 

My cover artist shows off her work at the West Seattle Summer Festival.

  

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  1. cleemckenzieJuly 15, 2026 at 11:24 AM

    I love the sound of a strawberry festival! Congrats on getting your cover ready. And for creating a new ending for Logged Off. I'm getting ready to shred a WIP and come up with a better ending myself. You've given me some hope of getting that done.

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