What's New?!
Hi, Folks! :)
As I write this, we've just celebrated the first anniversary of our move to Virginia! I wish I could say that Spring has sprung, but I'm not really sure it has. The weather is a little warmer, the fruit trees are blooming, and we seem to be having more sunny days than not. The squirrels are up to their regular mischief, and the birds seem to be using the feeder more for a bordello than a dining room. But it's still too chilly to pack away any of our winter stuff. And the continual early morning frosts have kept me from hanging those wonderful flowering baskets on our porch. I'm beginning to think that Mother Nature is in one of Her moods. If that's the case, though, I wish She'd get over it - at least, long enough to make the azalea hedge just outside my office window burst into full bloom again!
Still, there's probably something to be said for the way cooler weather affects me. Yep...you guessed it!...I stay in and write. And to that end, I'm thrilled to announce that I finally finished my first novel, Lucinda's Web - and on Spring Equinox, no less! Of course, the real work has now begun. I'm up to my ears in query letters and copies of my novel synopsis, as I've embarked on the search for an agent to pitch this jewel to a mainstream publishing house. [Who'd have thought this part of the process would be harder than writing 500 pages?! LOL!] In the meantime, though, I've already set to work on the prequel, Mahogany Threads, and have made some notes for the sequel, which is tentatively titled The Tangled Web. So...wish me luck and know that there's a trilogy in the works.
In other news, Dancing the Goddess Incarnate [the new book I co-wrote with Kristin Madden] should be winging its way to bookstores everywhere by the time you read this. We are very excited about this book because the life-balancing system we've devised for it is more fun than a barrel of monkeys - and fun is something we'd could all use a little more of! That said, Kristin and I will be out and about together in the next few months to promote this new book, so be sure to come out and visit.
Speaking of touring...even though I've cut way back this year - well, authors are supposed to write, aren't they?! -my tour schedule kicks off again this month. And by the time you read this, I'll already have visited with the wonderful folks at Pathways in St. Louis, and at the PUF Festival in Nashville. Then it's off to visit several places in Virginia, Maryland, and Colorado. Then what?! Well, since no Dorothy Morrison tour schedule would be complete without at least a few joint appearances with my good friend, M.R. Sellars, the two of us will be hitting the road together as well. We've already confirmed dates in Nebraska, Missouri, Kansas, Connecticut, Maine, and New Jersey. But since the year is still early, there are likely to be more. So...be sure to check out my tour schedule for exact locations and times as well as updates and changes. We'd love to see you!
So, what else is new? Well, in addition to being an author, I've also taken up a new profession. That's right, Folks! I am now a general contractor! It all happened when my dear friends, Z and Hardee, gave me a Victorian dollhouse kit for Yule, and I set about building this wondrous project from the ground up. What this means, of course, is that Home Depot has become my favorite store, that my office is now filled to the brim with varied assortments of tools, clamps, glues, sanding blocks, brushes and paint, and looks more like a construction site than a writer's sanctuary. At any rate, it's coming along beautifully! The building itself is already together, and the clapboard siding and scalloped shingles on the mansard roofs are done. I'm now into the hard work - dormer windows - but it'll be really gorgeous when it's done: a fabulous concoction of yellow with four shades of violet trim! I may even hang a sign on it which reads, "Built by Fly-By-Night Construction!" Chuckle!
Looks like it's time to wrap this up. So, stay cool, happy, and sassy until next time. And be sure to have a wonder-fully fertile Beltane and a very illuminating Summer Solstice! I'm counting on it!
Much love!
Dorothy…
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