Recently I received some copies of my latest novel, PROVIDENCE.

I have to admit, I don’t get as excited about these boxes as I used to, because

my health has forced me to slow down about promoting books. Some authors

despise all aspects of promoting their work, but I especially enjoyed sharing about

the writing process face-to-face, and recalling those times still makes me smile.o

However, it’s still a joy to hold a fresh-off-the-press story that I labored over for

so long–especially this one, since it took longer than any other I’ve ever tackled.

Why? I’m not sure. Maybe I needed to arrive at this age…note wrinkles in photo below…

to have developed a deeper understanding of how essential PROVIDENCE is in

any of our undertakings.

Or perhaps it’s because to accept what life hands us requires trust, and mine has

taken quite a while to grow. Bottom-line, part of trusting is NOT demanding to understand.

So if you or a friend loves Westerns (not WWII this time), this set-in-the-Civil-War-era

tale might make a good Christmas gift. The heroine learns an incredible amount about

herself, her presumptions, her tough-as-nails surroundings, and the astoundingly faithful grace

of what her generation refers to as “Providence.” There’ll be lots of joys in looking back for her

as she ages!