It’s been another year since my last update, so I thought it was high time to pop in again here. I’m about half way through the spin-off of Moose Tracks on the Road to Heaven, having hit page 200 of the manuscript in late August. Writing is slow but sure, and I’m having a ball with it. This WIP is different from anything else I’ve written, but it builds upon some of the more magical elements of Moose Tracks and is what I’d call a “Five People You Meet in Heaven meets Disney’s Soul” type of novel. I think the term is metaphysical fiction.

If you’ve read The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, you’ll have an idea of type of book I’m writing, but with bit brighter tone, as suits the main character, Jesse. If you’ve read Moose Tracks on the Road to Heaven you’ll know exactly who I mean. 😉

Anyway, I know it’s been a while since I posted here, but all is well. Retirement is great for no paperwork, but challenging when you’re in the sandwich generation, caring for an elderly parent and also caring for young adult children and young grandchildren (not to mention husband and home lol). Writing happens and ideas are always brewing. I’ll get more into aspects of this WIP as I go along. It’s challenging in that I need to research various time periods and places along the way, which slows me down. But I love it and believe it’ll be a story that will help others as as well as entertain.

If you’d like more updates than I’m able to post here on my website/blog, I invite you to come over to my FB author page (Mary Reed McCall, Author) or better yet my Instagram page (mrmwriter). I’ve had it for years, but in the past year I’ve been posting regularly and trying to grow it. As you can see, I don’t have much of a following – YET, haha! I don’t worry too much about that though, concentrating on posting writing and “cozy”-themed content on a regular basis there, since I’ve become a fan of reels. 🙂 Reels allow the addition of music, which I love, and I get a little creative fix as well, by crafting the content.

Pinned at the top of my Instragram are reels about all my books, and sprinkled throughout are reels for each of my published books so far (with the exception of Moose Tracks on the Road to Heaven…I just haven’t gotten to that one yet). I’ve had a ball creating them, talking about what sparked each book idea, research tidbits, background information of the publication process, a peek at the printed out manuscripts, copy edits, cover art and revision letters with editorial comments, little excerpts etc etc.

For a change I sometimes post recipe reels like this one about making a yummy foccacia bread among other tasty foods and libations.

So, if you’re so inclined, I hope you’ll head over to instagram as give me a follow on Instagram to keep even more current with what’s happening in my writing world. With that I’ll say goodbye for now and get back to work on Jesse’s story. As always, Happy Reading and thanks for checking in!