Thanks for having me , The Bucket List Dare is a fun collection of four stories where best friends from college challenge one another to overcome their fears and grab their dreams. I loved this idea that came from Jessica Ferguson. Then we each developed our own bucket-list story. Mine is about Arabel Milligan’s dream of going to Scotland.

Want to know a secret? Arabel’s dream has been my dream since I was a very wee lass. It’s in the works, but living this dream through Arabel’s eyes, doing the research for her trip, and also being in college to get my genealogical credentials all came into play for this story.

There are four of us: me, Jessica R. Ferguson, Pamela S. Meyers, and Linda W. Yezak. Hmm, maybe I should have used my middle initial, LOL. But Jessica had a great “what if” idea and invited the rest of us to play with that idea in our own way. So we have gals exploring mountain climbing, jumping out of airplanes, and crashing a celebrity wedding…as well as traveling to ancestral lands.

Oh boy, I have a list of them 😉 The overview is: Debut on Lit Up! A new weekly Toginet Radio show exploring book reviews, interviewing the author of the book review, and highlighting major players in the publishing industry from books in all forms to movies, indie to traditional. Continue the monthly Historically Speaking with Along Came a Writer Network on BlogTalk Radio, and I hope to get another season in on GraceUnderPressureRadio.com. (All of those shows are either already on iTunes or will be.) Finish 2 college classes a month (maintaining an A average). Write 4-6 books, write 1-2 screenplays, continue to lead the Christian Authors Network as president, continue to volunteer with the Jadyn Fred Foundation, read 20+ non-fiction books (I have a list) in something I want to learn or to enhance my genealogical studies or to learn something that drives me crazy not to know. Speak as I can fit it in, but looking forward to speaking for the Daughters of the American Revolution and teaching at the Connecting Hollywood with Writers conference both in May, a month I don’t have a deadline. And somewhere in there I hope I actually clean my office…well, sort of. I just want my office clean. I don’t want to be the one to do it, lol.

Physically, I’m excited that I’ve been cleared to build up my fitness after the last 5 years of recovering from a car accident and then a treadmill fall. It’s been a long recovery and it’s tough to rebuild the habits that were on hold due to healing. But, I have a goal to rebuild and reclaim my physical fitness too.

Oh you had to ask, LOL. Yes. I see quite a series building for Arabel. Though this story started as her own bucket-list project and included the introduction of her love interest, I see this story expanding into an ongoing story with Arabel’s life intersecting with people all over the world as she uncovers and solves other people’s family history mysteries.

Muse is such a character! Lately he’s taken to sneaking under my laptop desk shelf to help me type. Here’s a couple of pics on the battle over my keyboard. He feels very strongly about the words he wants included in any given story. Sigh.

One of the books Muse and I are working on may come to fruition after I get through this winter season. He’s such a task master that I think he’s going to force his way into the schedule. At least he’s put it on the calendar in ink this time, no pencil that can be erased for the next contract, LOL.  😉

Thanks for having me today on the blog, Bree!