Good Intentions

I’m supposed to post this blog regularly, whatever that means. Or that’s what I tell myself. As you can see, I don’t. I still have good intentions but we all know what’s paved with those.  I have good intentions despite still dealing with illness, both my own and family’s, and all the usual stuff. (“Stuff” includes interesting endeavors such as repairing my own plumbing .) So now what?

I have decided to give my good intentions half a chance and act on them. I’m back to work writing, although at a somewhat reduced rate for the moment. I do have another book of poetry that’s almost ready, which could perhaps be considered a sign of good faith. It will be cool! Stay tuned. Oh, and a belated Happy New Year.

You never know what might happen in a bookstore

On Christmas Eve I was in my local bookstore, buying a book for my husband. The place was jammed. This made me happy, as not everyone was buying calendars; there were plenty of people lining up to pay for actual books. I wandered around as best I could through the crush of people, enjoying the feeding frenzy. I found myself in the science fiction section, unsurprisingly. When the other customers briefly cleared away, I realized that right in front of me were a couple of books by an author whose name I recognized: Noel-Anne Brennan. For no good reason I pulled out a copy of “Tiger Lily”.  Yup, it was definitely my book, and I started to push it back.

“Oh!” said the young woman beside me. “That’s a good book! You should read it!”

I blinked in surprise and stared after her. I suspect my mouth was hanging open.  She had already moved on, disappearing into the crush of people. You never know what might happen in a bookstore.

Walking Companion

I went for a brief walk down to the wetlands behind our house. As I got close to the scrub woods a hawk flew up out of the trees, a big-red tailed hawk. The hawk flew a little ahead of me, landed in a tree and watched me. When I got closer, it took off again, but it paralleled me through the woods. At one point, I stopped. It stopped. I talked to it. I asked if it was the hawk I met a few years ago, on his/her first flight, when he/she almost crashed in my yard. Or was it related to that hawk?  The bird looked at me. Then it called out, an odd sort of chatter, while still looking at me. Then it flew away.  What did it tell me? I don’t know, but I would love to go walking with it again.

Apparently, I forgot ..

It seems I didn't post the Kobo link to the new Tiger Lily Series book. Sigh. If I had a brain, I might be dangerous. Anyway, here it is: 
Kobo:
https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/tiger-lily-series

And Barnes and Noble: 
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tiger-lily-series-books-one-and-two-noel-anne-brennan/1124653895?ean=2940153555102

The new book is available!

The new book, "Tiger Lily Series Books One and Two" is now available for download. Go have a look on amazon: https://amzn.com/B01LZUM4VO, the ibookstore: Tiger Lily Series Books One and Two and Barnes and Noble.

What's New

What’s new and what isn’t? Actually, both at the same time. There is a new, combined edition of the first two books in my “Tiger Lily” series,“Tiger Lily” and “Burning Bright”. If you don’t already have these two, you might want the combined edition, unsurprisingly titled “Tiger Lily Series Books One and Two”. The combined volume will save you a couple of bucks off buying them individually. Right now it’s available for pre-order with a ship/release date of September 23.  It’s available now on Amazon and the ibookstore and should be available elsewhere soon.

Here is the link for Amazon: https://amzn.com/B01LZUM4VO

Oh, the cover:

Remembering

If you were alive on 9/11/2001 it is hard not to remember: where you were, what you were doing, how you felt. I remember it all, of course, including afterwards, visiting my mother in the city where I was born and going to look at the still smoking ruins. And I remember the unity and, despite the horror and sadness, the hope. A hope for the future and a hope for peace. I still have that hope: peace, for all of us, everywhere.