“March Is the Month of Expectation.”

March is always a welcome, happy time for me. The worst of winter is past here in Tennessee, daffodils are blooming, robins hopping around the ground, birds singing, the skies bluer, the days sunnier. It is truly one of my favorite months.

For us it is a month of expectation, too, as we have two new books publishing this month, my latest Mountain Home Book WILDFLOWER HAVEN and our new devotional guide SUNDAY THOUGHTS. Both are up for pre-order now in print … and the novel should be up in eBook this week, too. … The ice storms in the Nashville area where the bulk of America’s books are printed with Ingram was near the heart of the tragic storm that hit that area, shutting down businesses, transportation, felling trees, causing massive power outs, and slowing down shipping for weeks. So a lot of America’s book world slowed down a little until everything could get moving again.

We actually had to cancel an anticipated Book Launch party we’d hoped to have in early March but as you’ll see from our Spring Book Tour signing events already scheduled, our lives will be busy enough for March, April, and May to come and even into June! We hope you will find time to come by to see us at one of our Spring Book Tour events to pick up your new copies of our latest titles and any other of our past books you’ve missed.

Wherever you live … enjoy your spring and remember to live with positive expectation.

See you again in April …LIN

OUR UPCOMING EVENTS:

March 13-14 – Friday, 12pm – 6pm and Saturday, 10am – 6pm. Foothills Craft Guild ARTISAN MARKET, The Venue at Lenoir City, 7690 Creekwood Park Blvd, Lenoir City, TN. 37772

March 21- Saturday 1:00 – 3:00 pm, SONGBIRD MOUNTAIN COFFEE COMPANY, 237 Broadway, Newport, TN 37821 To. celebrate my New Novel set in Cosby, we’ll be in this charming lunch and coffee shop all afternoon. Thanks to owners Melissa and. Corey Ackerman for inviting us!

March 27 – Friday, 2:00 pm- 4:00 pm. BLUE RIDGE BOOKS, 428 Hazelwood Ave, Waynesville, NC 28786 -[ A fine Waynesville independent bookstore you will love visiting!]

March 28 -Saturday, 9 am – 3 pm, THE COTTON TAIL MARKET, Smoky Mountain Event Center, 758 Crabtree Road, Waynesville, North Carolina. [A wonderful show right in Waynesville. Come enjoy all the crafters and vendors!]

April 4 – Saturday, 2:00 – 4:00 pm BARNES & NOBLE in Turkey Creek, 11334 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN. 37922 [in the Pinnacle at Turkey Creek]

April 11 -Saturday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm, TOWNSEND VISITOR CENTER, 7906 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Townsend, TN 37882 [We’ll be in the exhibit/distributor room inside the center all day!]

April 19 – Sunday, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm, MAYAPPLE MARKETPLACE, Ijams Nature Center, 2915 Island Home Avenue, Knoxville, TN 37920

April 24-25 – Friday and Saturday, from 10 am-4 pm – CADES COVE MUSEUM HISTORY & CRAFT FAIR, Cades Cove Museum in the Historic Thompson Brown House [across from Blount Memorial Hospital], 1004 East Lamar Alexander Parkway, Maryville, TN 37804]…Find us on the front porch!

May 1-2 – Friday and Saturday, 10:00 – 4:00, APPLE VALLEY GENERAL STORE in the Apple Valley Mountain Village during the new Big Foot Festival, 7138 Lamar Alexander Pkwy, Townsend, TN 37882. [On the porch both days].

May 9 – Saturday 8:00 am – 6:00 pm, 2nd Annual TENNESSEE PLANT SHOW, Meadowview Conference Resort and Convention Center, Kingsport, TN. 37660…Plants, plant-related items, vendors and more!

June 13 – Saturday, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, SOUTHERN CHARM AND SWEET TEA, The Venue at Lenoir City, 7690 Creekwood Park Blvd, Lenoir City, TN, 37772 … Summertime fun with artists and crafters!

June 20 – Saturday, 1:00 – 3:00 pm, MOONPIE GENERAL STORE and BOOK WAREHOUSE, 3127 Parkway, Pigeon Forge, TN 37863 [a wonderful independent bookstore in the heart of Pigeon Forge].