Gotta turn in edits. Proposal on top of ’em. The two sort of go together because things interlink. I’ll post some sort of New Year looking back/looking forward type thingie when these are off my desk.

I picked up the new Julie Garwood, Shadow Music, and will be doing a review when I’ve read it. I’m one who has been wildly excited about her return to historicals, and I’ve seen some very disappointed reader reactions online about this book. So I’ll discuss it here after I read it. I do wonder if readers expected her to write the way she did ten years ago, and if so, that may be coloring perceptions. I don’t expect that. Styles shift, writers grow, and there’s no going backwards. But I do expect a good read and I’m confident enough I’ll get it to pay the hardcover price tag.