Well December is always a busy month with the Christmas / Hanukkah holidays, shopping and preparing for the New Year, but I have a couple of bits of news around the book.

I was pleased in early December to speak to two Creative Writing Classes at Marcus High School in Flower Mound, Texas on “Finding Inspiration and Unleashing the Muse.”  We covered several topics and questions such as where to find ideas, working on back story, making time to write, stuck story and critique groups.  The students had some great questions and talent, as several are published authors.  I enjoyed the classes, and thank you again Ms Hale for inviting me.  

My second bit of news revolves around one of the historical places Jaime and Nicole visit in “The Secret of Wellington’s Map” – The Sacred Heart Mission to the Potawatomi near Konowa, Oklahoma.  I was thrilled when the Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN) Cultural Heritage Center (CHC) in Shawnee, Oklahoma contacted me about putting the book in the CPN Library and carrying it in their gift shop, FireLake Gifts.  We are also discussing a book signing when I’m in the area.

Well tomorrow in New Years Eve and I can’t wait to see what happens in 2009!

I wish you a blessed and Happy New Year.