Changes Here-And a New Blog

During my trip to B&H Publishing headquarters in Nashville last week I had lots of meetings about marketing--what I will be doing and what my publisher will be doing. They have some great things planned for the novel I'm writing now--Over the Edge, the suspense centered around Lyme Disease. Over the Edge will release in May 2011. Meanwhile I have two other novels releasing this year: Final Touch, last in the young adult Rayne Tour series in May; and Deceit, a stand-alone suspense releasing in July.

As a result of our meetings I'm making some changes--and I want to take you with me!

First--I'm going to start a blog that allows those struggling with Lyme to tell their stories. This blog will be for everyone--those who fight the disease themselves, those who have friends/family who have Lyme, and those who want to know more about the disease and the "Lyme Wars" of the medical community that inhibit proper testing and diagnosis. The sad fact is that many sick people have Lyme and don't know it. Many of them have even been tested for the disease with a false negative result. Through the blog--and my novel--I hope to educate people about this disease. I will be gathering people's stories immediately, and soon the blog will be launched. I will announce here when it launches.

Second--as a result of building this new blog I'm going to be posting here on F&F a little less often--two to three times a week instead of every week day, which I've been doing for over five years. I'll still cover the topics I've always covered--writing techniques, news on the publishing industry, and stories from my own life as an author.

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Lyme patients: Tomorrow I will run a post with the details of how to submit your story for the new blog. All those whose stories are run on the blog will receive a free copy of my novel when it's released, either in download or print form.