Lots of irons in the fire, just the way it’s supposed to be:

  • Waiting for my publisher to send me the draft cover for my first mystery novel,Aftermath, due out in October.
  • Chasing blurbs and reviews for said first mystery novel, trying NetGalley.com based on author referrals.
  • Working on a new novel, tentatively titled With Bo Scott, about a 50-year-old widow with symbol-color (“grapheme”) synesthesia who’s grappling with co-writing a memoir for a difficult celebrity and helping a new friend solve a mystery, while raising two kids, one of whom is struggling with synesthetic perceptions, and dealing with her hippie mother who decides to move in.
  • Trying to generate more readership for my three previous novels for adults.
  • Managing the 15th Atlanta Writers Conference for the Atlanta Writers Club, scheduled for November 4-5, 2016.
  • Running a Roswell, GA-based writers’ critique group, now in its second decade, for the Atlanta Writers Club.
  • Officiating a wedding for the first time (the groom and bride met at my critique group).
  • Raising a pair of sweet dogs.
  • Most importantly, being the best possible life partner, lover, and friend to my wife, which I consider my full-time focus. Everything else is a sideline.