Happy New Year!

With all eight of my books edited, updated and published, I have begun my next endeavor. At the end of Hello, World, Cory took Shawn on a cruise. She met a woman who was able to spend some time with her and answer questions. Shawn’s questions were of the Should I quit my job and join the cruise life? variety.

This book endeavors to tackle that life-changing decision.

Cruise Lines offer a trial-period contract, in which people can sail for shorter contract lengths to see if the lifestyle is for them. Shawn is on a three-month test drive when we start this book. Deciding if she wants to leave her Jeep, her Indian motorcycle and her boyfriend for life on the sea. But when people start going missing from the ship, Shawn begins to wonder if she will even be able to make it three months.

She also has a recurring dream that I won’t go much into here, but it serves the theme, and will end up showing her there’s more than just what she sees around her. This one will be called The Ghost at My Door.

When I mentioned editing above, I meant it literally. I decided to read through the entire Callie Simmons catalog during my Christmas break. I read all four of the books in about two weeks, and really enjoyed taking the journey. I’ve read them all before, of course, but never all in a row. I had a lot of fun with it. But I also, being a stickler for mistakes and typos, had to go back and edit them out. That may be my undoing – always wanting a better or more perfect product. Which is silly, and unattainable, I know. But it is so easy to go edit my manuscript and upload a new copy to all my outlets. I hope to someday get to a point where I no longer feel the need to do that. I would very much like to accept what is out there now as final. And leave them at that.

I also updated some of the book covers, as – well, I have no excuse. I just like tinkering with graphics. But I think everything is as good as it can get now. So, moving forward. Happy new year, and I hope you find many blessings this year.