No; I’ve not been kidnapped by space aliens or gone AWOL; I just got wrapped around the axle on other, book-related activities. Allow me to get you up to speed.
The biggest news is I have a new publisher: Perfect Publishing out of Baltimore: (https://www.perfectpublishing.com/ . I signed on with them in January, and initially they will be republishing two of my novels which are currently out of print: “RAVEN” and “Angela’s Letter.” They are also going to publish a revised version of my first novel: “The Third Day.” The new version is “The Three Days of Lost Sheep.” I’ve included pictures of the new covers for each book, all three of which I think are stunning! “The Three Days of Lost Sheep” should be launched in April, followed by “RAVEN” in May/June and “Angela’s Letter” later this summer. We are talking about two more books later in 2026; more on that as we get the details worked out.
One thing that Perfect Publishing is, in my opinion, VERY good at getting its author’s name and books out there, involving him or her in social media. Since joining Perfect Publishing, I’ve done two different on-line seminars; one was focused on Love (Valentine’s Day) and the other on generating an acronym which reflects one’s philosophy/ideas on a subject. Here are links to both YouTube session:
I also had the chance to attend a fund-raising benefit for O. J. Brigance, a former NFL star who has been living with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig’s disease, for the last 19 years. I found out that night the average life span once someone is afflicted with ALS is two to four years.
I was absolutely amazed and impressed by the positive attitude both he his and his wife, Chanda, displayed. This was first real exposure I’ve had to someone dealing with ALS, a particularly insidious disease which does not lend itself to heart-tugging images. Yet to hear these two people speak – O. J. uses a device which turns his eye movements into spoken words – was inspirational.
We only seem to hear about ALS when a celebrity, such as the late Eric Dane, contracts the disease. In the meantime, ALS keeps debilitating others who, with their families, friends, and caregivers try to make the most of their lives. May we all support those with ALS through our prayers and, if possible, financial support, so one day this disease will be a thing of the past.
To learn more about O. J. and his fight, visit his website: https://brigancebrigade.org/.
I shared this information with a good friend of mine who does counseling in New York and New Jersey. She told me about a client of hers who was also afflicted with ALS. She shared this vignette: “He was a devout Catholic and told me: ‘I don’t mind the journey God has put me on but I very much mind the bus He’s sent for me to take.’ I’ve never forgot that.”
Nor should we.