This is so exciting for me. I've dreamed of having a website like this for years, and David made it all possible by doing a heck of a lot of work.
Conard County is a real place to me, one I've seriously missed visiting over the years. I had to leave because I felt I was growing stale and didn't want to disappoint readers or, equally awful, damage Conard County permanently for you or me.
Coming home has been a challenge, but one that is making me very happy. A SOLDIER'S HOMECOMING came out in July to great reviews. My readers are all "warm fuzzies" who make me feel so good about what I am doing.
In April, VISIONS OF MURDER will be issued, the story of a schoolteacher who has unexpected psychic visions that lead her into danger as she struggles to save lives while a couple of very nasty killer stalk the innocent. At her side is a disillusioned cop who no longer trusts himself, let alone anyone else.
And I've just finished a third book for the new series. The title is tentative (I've already been told to think up something else) so I'll leave that off and just tell you that Nate Tate's youngest daughter returns home after serving as a nurse in Iraq, and at the VA hospital in Denver. She wants peace, but finds she is the target of a man with a serious grudge. Her biggest ally turns out to be a rather edgy, sometimes irritating and irritable doctor who seems to take her in instant dislike.
Right now I'm in the planning stages for the next book.
As for this website...well, I have big plans. As time goes on I hope to continue growing it into a real piece of Conard County. It's already been suggested that I create a Wiki, but that's beyond my means at the moment. I'm also thinking about having a "front page" from the Conard County newspaper, updated regularly with little tidbits that you won't find in the books.
But even more important than ideas for future growth are the comments you send me, either here in the various places where you're welcome to write, or by e-mailing me through the comments section.
You are as much a part of Conard County as Nate Tate, or Micah Parish, or Gage Dalton and Miss Emma. You make the world come alive, too, and I'm looking forward to everything you have to say.