Why, hello there, Baby New Year! Welcome 2015

2015 is going to be an awesome year. Or maybe my friends on Facebook just had some amazing Happy New Year graphics to share? Ha!

It just seemed like people yesterday were looking forward to 2015 with enthusiasm and optimism. That's great to see. For me--actually, the whole Keenan family--we all seemed to have enjoyed the blessings of 2014, which was topped off by the announcement of our latest grandchild (this one to be born to Joey and Iris, their first) to be born in July of this year. Our younger son, Brandon, and his family went to Disneyworld, which both Aubrey and Matthew were old enough to really enjoy all that magic. We were all blessed by God's grace, presence, and especially His love, and I hope many others can say the same.

Writing-wise, it was also a great year. I'm really excited to be unveiling Consuelo Vazquez this year--actually, my new title under this pen name, a romantic novella, will be out later this month. The long overdue final title, Book 3 of THE JOYFUL NOISE SERIES, will be out within the next couple of months.

In fact, I was going to do this tomorrow, but here is the cover reveal for STEALING THUNDER!

And I close this post with a wish and a prayer that the New Year will bring for you and your loved ones happiness, joy, fun, good health, and a closer walk with the Lord!

Quickie Notes, aka FYIs

Would you believe I'm blogging while cooking dinner for tomorrow, plus messaging Big Son up in New Jersey? Who says we 50-something grandmothers can't multi-task?

I meant to cook as soon as we got back from bowling tonight but then got wrapped up in working on CRYSTAL WAVES. (You might be wondering why I'm cooking tomorrow's dinner tonight. Wednesday nights are busy in this household, with hubby coming back from his ministry late, so we have to schedule dinner accordingly.) So while the Italian dressing chicken cooks and the potatoes and carrots brown, here are some quickie notes (or you can call them FYIs, since they're both). Just things I want to make clear before anything else comes up!

1) First things first: FOR THE LOVE OF SUMMER, the 3rd and final book of THE JOYFUL NOISE SERIES, will most likely be published in the first quarter of 2015. Sorry for the delay on that--CRYSTAL WAVES sort of took over the top spot in the publishing schedule!

2) CRYSTAL WAVES, which will be coming out in paperback, will be having its own giveaway on Goodreads. I'll be announcing that both here and on Goodreads when the time comes.

3) There will be a sweet romance novella in between CRYSTAL WAVES and FOR THE LOVE OF SUMMER, something light that will tentatively be coming out in January 2015. This won't be specifically Christian/inspirational, but it WILL be classified as a sweet romance, one that you can share with the young (teen or young adult) reader in your life.

4) Sometime next year, look for the return of Consuelo Vazquez (my other pen name), that will be a 20th Century Historical that follows a Cuban-American family. More news on that to follow.

5) By the time CRYSTAL WAVES is published, that makes 4 books written and published this year. Barring anything that comes up, I anticipate that 2015 will be just as busy, writing-wise. Nothing is set in stone yet, but I'm looking forward to at least one of those works being a historical. Check back here often for news.

That's it for now. Back to the Italian dressing chicken for me...and good night to you!

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