It's been a busy summer for me writing-wise. I work as a substitute teacher when school is in session, so summers are a nice time to focus more on just writing. I have three books coming out in the next two years, so I certainly have stayed busy this summer in spite of having a break in my subbing work. And what are those three books that will be releasing in '24 and '25? Well, I'll tell you a little about them. But first here is the release schedule to the extent that I know it:
April '24: "Wonder and Worship" published by Entrusted Books, an arm of Write Integrity Press
Summer '25: my yet unnamed debut children's book published by Elke Lake Publishers
Sometime in '24: "Wonder and Worship through the Year", Entrusted Books
The two devotionals will be a two-book series of devotions written around small strange and interesting Bible facts that I call Bible nuggets. I am co-writing both of these with Shirley Crowder whom I have co-written devo books with before. The devotions she will contribute will be based on a hymn that relates to the Bible nugget or theme of the ones I write--hence: wonder (my Bible nuggets devos) and worship (her hymn based devos.)
The children's book will be a picture book for K-3rd grade. The main character in it is Hannah, a middle child who is trying to figure out if there is anything special about her. After all, she is not the oldest or the baby like her two sisters are. And she is not an only like her older brother is. (He is the only boy in the family.) She is just sort of stuck in the middle. What's special about that?
These are all in different stages of writing. The first devo book manuscript is finished and turned into our publisher. Next winter and early spring I will be up to my nose in edits for it but for now it is considered completed and set aside. Book two in that series is in the writing stage and has occupied a lot of my summer break, and the children's book is in the editing stage. SI have also been doing some freelance writing too. So yeah, I've kept busy juggling my various writing projects this summer. Good thing I love to write!
