Writing this spring has been a little slow, thanks to a bunch of book launches for my Aurora Corialis Publishing authors. Aside from launching my own, Good in Theory, we launched six other books from February through April, with the last launch happening this coming Thursday.

Yeah, I've been busy!

Plus, our Spring Local Author Fair happened the first weekend of April and was a fantastic celebration of local authors from so many genres, thanks to the help of the South Fayette Community Library and IronedWords Productions! We may be doing another one this fall, so stay tuned!

I somehow managed to write almost five whole chapters of the next book, though. I'm toying with titles, too. I love to use a title that has to do with the transformation or the lesson of the book. My others are Braving the Shore, The Treasures We Seek, and Good in Theory. This one is about being present, noticing the little bits of magic around us, and embracing what makes us us. Because Morgan is so detail-oriented in her noticing, I was thinking about As We're Looking Up, or something similar.

That phrase in particular refers to a little detail that I became aware of when I was doing a scavenger hunt with my sixth grade gifted class. We had a sheet of items to find on a field trip downtown, and many of them were architectural detalis of buildings, which I hadn't paid much attention to before. It's funny that so many of us had walked down the sidewalk there, but never looked up, never spotted these beautiful concrete details that made each building unique. One of the buildings had an enormous concrete owl perched on a branch hanging out over the sidewalk. People walked under it all the time and likely never even knew.

Morgan pays attention to these things. She looks up. She looks deeper. And she becomes deeply involved in a mystery from the past.

If I want to finish chapter five, though, I need to help her sort through that box of antique ornaments that she and her best friend found in the attic of her home. Something important is in there, along with the glass animals!

And if you didn't see my posts, the winner of the "name the painting" contest is Maryann Udel! She suggested Tea and Reverie, which is absolutely perfect for a painting of a woman sipping from a mug and staring out at the lake. Thanks to everyone who submitted suggestions!