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The best and worst of years…

I saw a robin this morning just sitting there on my back fence. I hope that he was bring the message that spring will be here soon. It’s hard to believe that January is now gone and we’re thinking about Valentine’s Day.

I’ve been looking back over 2023 and all the wonderful memories that we made. That will be the year that goes down as the best and worst of years. On a personal level, we had three book signings in which Mr. B, our son, Lemar, and I were so privileged to share.



We went to the last Book Lover’s Con in Houston as a family, came home for one day and ran the washing machine nonstop, and then were off to Cincinnati for Lori Fosters event, RAGT, where we won first place in the costume contest as Okie Rednecks.

A few weeks later, sixteen of the family went on an Alaskan Cruise. Then in October we road tripped again to Utah where I was the keynote speaker at the Utah Reader’s luncheon.



We made so many amazing memories that we will hang onto for the rest of our lives. Because on December 8 we lost Mr. B. He was my husband, the father of our three children and my best friend for 57 years. So, 2023 was really the best of years and the worst of years all rolled into one.

On a professional level, it was a very good year. Eight works of fiction and an audible original all hit the market. And Meadow Falls brought in the new year when it came out on January 9 and is Amazon’s #1 bestselling book in Sister’s Fiction at the time of this newsletter.


Here’s raising a glass to a wonderful year in 2024 for us all.


Until next time,

Dear Readers,

I love all four seasons, but this past very hot summer almost got thrown completely off my “love” list. I’m glad that it’s being sent to the history pages, and that fall is finally here in southern Oklahoma.

It’s been a very busy year for the Brown family. We were in Houston for the last Booklovers Con and said a sad farewell to a great conference. We came home for one night and loaded up the truck and headed for Lori Foster’s event in Cincinnati the very next day. We all went to the costume contest as rednecks and brought home first prize which was very exciting. Then in October we made a long road trip to Utah, where I had the privilege of being the speaker at the Utah Reader’s Luncheon.

We are closing in on Thanksgiving, and then we will blink a couple of times and Christmas will be here. In one of my books the characters are all sitting around the Thanksgiving table and each one is telling what they are thankful for. That made me realize how much I have to be thankful for:

My health, my home, my faith, my career, my family.

My husband, Mr. B, who has stood beside me for the past 57 years. We’ve raised three kids together, had sicknesses that we thought we couldn’t get through and had our many ups and downs. I’m grateful for every year, every moment, and every experience that has been ours.

My kids: Lemar, Amy, and Ginny and Bobby. I birthed three of the kids, and we got Bobby with a marriage license. It’s all just paper, so in our eyes he is ours as much as the other three.

My friends. You know who you are and how much you mean to me!

My agent, Erin Niumata, and agency, Folio Management. They believed in me when the future didn’t look so good and continue to believe in me these days.

My assistants, Christie Conlee, and Jess Macy, who take care of my social media. Don’t know what I’d do without them!

My readers. Bless all y’all’s hearts, and I mean that in a good way.

There are many more things I can think of, but to write them all down would take hours. Such as a rainbow after a hard rain, my great grandkids laughter and smiles, my grandkids accomplishments, green grass under my feet, just to name a few.

Happy Holidays to all y’all!

Dear Readers,

2023 is MARCHing right along…pun intended!

At the Brown household in southern Oklahoma, Mr. B and I are steadily working on new books. He’s on his 12th mystery novel, and I’m just trying to meet all my deadlines. Our son, Charles Lemar, is about to publish his third and fourth novels, and is hard at work on number five. So, if you were a fly on the wall, you would hear lots of talk about plots, POV, and characters.

The Devine Doughnut Shop is out now, and although I don’t have any books coming out in March, there’s plenty more arriving before the end of the year. Thank you to all y’all who have read my books, reviewed them, and told your friends and neighbors about them.

We have lots of traveling planned for this year if our health holds out and nothing gets in our way. Two conferences: Book Lovers Con (BLC); Houston, TX June 1-4, 2023 and Lori Foster’s Reader & Author Get Together (RAGT); Erlanger, KY June 7-11, 2023. Book signings are planned at both, so maybe I’ll see you there!

Then our family is going on an Alaskan Cruise in July. We are hoping to attend the Women’s Fiction Conference in Chicago in September, a reader’s conference in Utah in October, and the Fresh Fiction event in November in Texas. In December we are usually in Panama City Beach during Christmas. Mr. B and I aren’t getting any younger so we figure we might as well squeeze as much out of life as possible.

Here’s wishing all y’all an amazing month.

Until next time,

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