March is nearly here along with a spring forward adjustment to the clock which steals an hour of reading away! I’m dreaming of planting a little colonial garden but it’s too soon here in the Pacific Northwest. We’ve experienced one of the mildest winters on record. Rhododendron bushes were actually blooming in December! I missed our usual, beautiful snow, since we got a scant half inch this winter. But you need only look up from our foothills to see the Olympic Mountains dressed in white.

I made sure to put a snowstorm in my Christmas novella I told you about last post. I’m finishing the first draft now & adding historic quotes at the beginning of each chapter. To say I’m smitten with this story is truly an understatement. It highlights history at one of my favorite historic sites in the most festive way. But for now, back to spring & dreaming of new story ideas. If you have something in mind you’d like for me to write in future please let me know!

And please return to to this journal page for a title reveal soon for my next full-length historical romance with Revell releasing in January 2027! Cover reveal coming after that…

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It’s almost time! When hosting our Scotland tour in May 2022, author Pepper Basham & I decided England would be our cup of tea for 2024. Here’s a wee look at the itinerary if you’d like to follow along. I’ll be posting pics on my author Facebook page as well as our private group, Gorgeous Georgians, Instagram, etc. It’s wonderful to be London bound this month!

We’re hoping to host another Scotland tour in 2026. We’d love to have you join us!

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Spring has sprung & Easter is early this year. I’ve just returned from traveling down south, my forever home & happy place. I’m about to become a Gigi x2 any day now. Here’s a recent pic of my lil namesake, Sophie Louise, on the left with her bookish bestie on the right. Never too young to love books – or too old either! After a looonng winter, it’s wonderful to see things blooming. On my recent trip to visit my dear mom, I was blessed to cross middle Tennessee with the redbuds in bloom. A bit too early for dogwood, my personal favorite, but such a joy to see that burst of color. Redbud winter, actually, as the temps were so cold. But it was wonderful to feast at Cracker Barrel again, experience Buc-ee’s for the first time, & a hundred other delightful & challenging things.

Now that I’m home & back to work, I have much happening on the bookish front. My first novella is rolling out this summer. I’ve recently seen the cover & it’s a dream! I’m about to get galleys for my next full-length novel, another Scottish tale. I’ll be sharing the title & cover for both novella & novel in my newsletter soon. I’ve also been pondering my next novella & am at 38k on the Revolutionary War tale releasing in 2026.

For now, wishing you a wonderful start to spring!

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