This is the second blog on my book signing of “Too Soon For Sunset.”
Kaine (right) signs her new novel for one of her fans.
After the success of “Superstition Murder Club”, I wrote five more plots to continue the series. I had discovered a niche audience: women over 55 who love to read a cozy mystery in bed, at the pool, or on the beach. I publish the novels in large print, so they are easy to read—and funny, they must be funny, even if people die in them. I want Readers to know that women of a certain age should never be ignored; that they are witty, smart, sexy, and tenacious—even at age 90.
After the first book was published, I immediately started writing “Too Soon for Sunset”. I knew where this story was going and how it was going to end – at least I thought I did. I had an outline and the sketch of my murderer. But sometimes “life” gets in the way of our plans.
My 93-year-old mother was hospitalized and I had to put the book aside. When she recovered to nearly full health, I returned to my writing, but I wasn’t able to get back to the murder mystery. Instead, I completed two other book projects and published them. These were non-fiction: “Perilous Journey: Memoir of a Bible Smuggler,” a true account of when I smuggled 5000 Bibles behind the Iron Curtain in 1978, and “Remember Her For This: A Study on the Women in the Gospels,” a Silver Illumination Book Award for “Best Bible Study”. Both of these books are available for sale on Amazon.
Last year I returned to Superstition Murder Club’s sequel, “Too Soon for Sunset,” and promised myself I would finish it by the end of the year – which I did! If you know me pretty well, you might wonder where I find the time to write? I guess I have to say, whenever I have a spare moment, which means Saturdays, evenings after 10, or a couple hours in the morning. Sometimes, I can write for 8 hours straight. I love the thrill of being in the creative flow, but it takes its toll physically, so I try to maintain my writing routines.
I write every day. I have several books in the hopper: four Christian fiction novels at different stages in the writing and publishing process: “The Living Stones” and “When Gods Collide” should probably be out this year. “The Other Mary” and the third in the Superstition Murder Club Mystery series, “Under a Shroud of Care” will be out in 2021.
Linda mans the book table.
I cannot thank my friends enough for helping me arrange my book signing. They are Linda, Carol, Carolyn and Joyce. Girlfriends are the glue to the successful launch of my books; and of course, I want to thank all the people who came out to buy my book(s) and spent time talking to me.
Next week I will share more about my book signing.