If you’re wondering what I’ve been up to (besides the holidays!) I’ve been hanging out with my kids.  My daughter is a varsity golfer, and her school season goes from August through October.  And as soon as she was finished with golf, my son had his ACL reconstructed after tearing it in a freak accident (baseball play) in July. Recovering from a major surgery is tough, but props to my 11 year old!  He’s come a long way, and I’m really proud of him.

What else have I been doing?? 
Reading.  Lots and lots of reading.  I average 4 or 5 school library books a week, so I’m prepared to talk books with the students at my son’s school.  I write reviews for them and I talk to them about new (or maybe new to them) authors.  Since the New Year, I’ve been reading more adult books again, including Patricia Cornwell’s newest and Dean Koontz’s newest, both of which I loved.

And...Of course I've been writing and releasing books! 
In December 2011, I released a Christmas novel, Small Hours. I also released Just Like Them, a gripping story about a good family caught up in the bad decisions their fifteen year old daughter made. I very recently finished a middle grade manuscript called Wanna Play? I’m really excited about this one; I wrote it for my son and his friends and boys (and girls, too) in his age group.  It will be the first of my books he will read!  While I rewrite and edit Wanna Play, I plan to work on my next women’s fiction project, Two Story Home.

In the meantime, I’m going to cross my fingers that we don’t get much snow here.  I’m a Christmas time only snow person.  Now that it’s almost February, and the sun is out today, I’m looking forward to spring!

Come back again soon to see what’s new                                                                                                     
 ~ Therese

Contact Therese at:
theresekinkaide@adams.net