I am a great procrastinator. People who know me are quite familiar with my failing. Procrastination is happening right now. My latest purposeful writing project has been staring at me for the last month. It’s almost finished, almost ready to go to the publisher, almost just where I want it to be. However, I can not motivate myself to finish the task. I can’t remember a time that I didn’t write… short stories, poetry… my first novela at fifteen. Yet, now I procrastinate. My first published novel, Moon Dance, took me five plus years to complete. It was truly a work of heart. My second published novel, Ghost of Johanna, took a bit over two years. Both novels became award winning books, and I am eternally grateful to those who read, reviewed, and acknowledged my work. During all the accolades of “winning awards,” a tragedy occurred. A young girl stole a neighbor’s car, ran a redlight, and crashed the stolen car into the driver’s door of my husband’s Honda Del Sol. He sustained a traumatic brain injury, which shut down our lives for seven years. After seven years of doctors, hospitals, and all the “stuff” that must be done in an effort to save a life, to the detriment of my heart, he passed away. Over the next few years, I wasn’t able to write. Exhaustion, self-pity, sadness captured my heart and held me captive for a time. Then, one lazy afternoon, as I sat outside watching the dogs run and play, an idea snuck into my mind. I sat there daydreaming for at least an hour. Then, excited with the ideas scrolling through my head, I grabbed my tablet and jotted down the synopsis for my next novel. Two years later, I had two novels in the works. As the novels developed, they cried out to be one. I pondered on this for quite a while, and then one day a month or two ago, the merge just fell together. Unexpectedly, this novel now follows the same pattern as Moon Dance and Ghost of Johanna. Both of these novels are told in two voices, two perspectives. I hope that my latest novel, Where Secrets Lie, will peak your interest and keep you reading. It should have been ready for release at the end of January. However, my rewrites and procrastination tendencies have slowed the process. Now, I will set a goal for April or May. It may be sooner, or it may be later, but it will be one day in the next few months. While you wait for Where Secrets Lie, I hope you will take a chance and read Moon Dance and Ghost of Johanna. Thank you for reading this post. It was not the post I planned to write tonight, but then again, this is what usually happens when I make plans.

Blessings,                   Susan K. Earl