Like Steve Martin—”the new phone book is here!” I’m all excited about the cover Black Rose Writing has designed for my next release in August. We went back and forth on a couple versions and ended up deciding that simpler matched my previous two books. I like it!

We just closed the window for submissions for our Central Colorado Writers’ third annual Youth Writing Contest. All entries are in the judges’ hands and winners will be announced mid-April. We had 51 entries this year and are excited about passing out cash prizes at the end of April!

Boys are deep into track season now—wrestling just a distant memory. I’m just happy we’re back into a sport that only has one practice a day, since the boys aren’t driving yet. They’re at a meet today in Rifle, which is between Silt and Parachute. We have cool town names in Colorado.