Deep breath!!!
Well, after a year away from the publishing world, I’m heading back in. I have four (FOUR?) books coming out in 2019, and I’m sure I’ll be posting about them, as time goes by. But today is sort of the beginning.
Two bits of news:
Charlie and Mouse: EVEN BETTER (third in the series) will be out in April. And I just found out it’s a Junior Library Guild selection, so that’s exciting! Honestly, the months just before publication can be a little terrifying. You’ve worked so hard to make something good, but it’s been a private matter, personal. And now, suddenly, it hits you that other people are going to see the thing you’ve made, and judge it, so you begin to question all your creative choices. JLG is, in many cases, the first indication that you’ve done a good job. JLG books are selected before trade reviews, and before before people start posting their thoughts to Goodreads. So it’s a very soothing thing to find out JLG liked a book. WHEW.
And also… we’ve just revealed the cover of my next novel, My Jasper June. The book won’t be out until September, but I wrote a little something about it for the Nerdy Book Club, and you can see the full cover (teaser above) if you head over there to check it out. I poured a lot of myself into this book, and I worked on it for five years, on and off. Seriously. I hope you’ll like it. I really REALLY hope you’ll like it.
That’s all for now, but more soon. When next I post, it’ll be from China!