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What Was Never There is going on tour! Beginning May 3rd, tune in to Women on Writing for giveaways, interviews, and reviews on my winter release, a collection of literary short stories.
Although What Was Never There was published a year and a half after The House on Linden Way, it felt too soon to do a full blog tour, particularly since I’m doing one for my next release, Murder by Milkshake, later this year.
Still, I feel I neglected my short story collection a little. I published it at the end of 2023 and then promptly moved on to preparations for my cozy mystery series. I’d planned on writing several blog posts highlighting the stories in What Was Never There and celebrating its release, but the time warp that is full-time teaching magically transported me from fall to spring, and winter disappeared.
That’s okay! What Was Never There is a patient book. Like the stories within, it meanders on what my admittedly biased opinion is a beautiful journey through the human experience—from the long hazy nights of a defining childhood summer to the silent and spiraling loneliness of adolescence; from the tender hopes and heartaches of marriage to the crushing anxieties of parenthood; from the fractured recollections and reimagined life of a magical diary to the calm acceptance and gratitude of a life well lived.
Above all, these stories come down to forgiveness. I am inordinately proud of them, and I can’t wait to celebrate the release of this collection in a pared-down reviews tour beginning next month. See you then?
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