Catching up and forgiving myself

I refuse to apologize for taking off a couple of weeks again. I’m going to forgive myself and quit making this such a struggle. Part of the reason I’m late is that two of the shows were pre-recorded on April 1st and then played on April 24th (Denise Swanson) and May 8th (Jeanne Dams). You’d think that would give me MORE time for writing this blog. I finally had a chance to sit back, put up my feet, sip tea, and enjoy listening to my show. And what fun to relive the connection I felt with each of those amazing women. Denise writes about a school psychologist in her Scumble River series, and Jeanne has delved into the history of South Bend Indiana around the turn of the last century for her Hilda Johansson series.

In between those two shows I spoke with Jana Oliver on May 1st about her Time Rover series and Victorian London during the time of Jack the Ripper. I kept referring to him as “Jack the Ripper,” but after all her research, Jana is more on a first-name basis with “Jack.”

I took a weekend off in there and visited a friend of mine in the mountains of North Georgia. Polly Hunt Neal is an artist who loved my books and asked me once to be her guest at a meeting of the National League of American Pen Women. She ended up sponsoring me, and I love the organization. Anyway, I spent two delightful days with Polly, sat for hours writing in her gazebo, and made friends with an ancient tree beside the little creek on her land. It was the surge of rejuvenation I needed, and I came back to my cats more than ready to resume the work of preparing the radio show each week.

Speaking of which, I’m still on the look-out for a sponsor for my radio show. The cost is prohibitive on my budget. "Quick, Frannie, sell more books!" So, send a friend my way if they want to advertise their business to thousands of listeners. And believe me, I truly appreciate every one of those thousands.