I hope you are doing well in these difficult times. It is my sincere wish that you have your health, your family and friends, enough food to eat and clean water to drink, a safe place to sleep at night, your job, and positive dreams of the future. These are difficult times, but humans are made to be resilient and the 'I shall overcome' gene is in us all when we need it.
Here in my part of Australia, things are getting back to normal. Queensland's five million people haven't seen any new C-19 cases for a few days. All school children go back to school this week for the first time in about six weeks, so parents will be enjoying some time to themselves. The weather is beautiful - the cool nights and warm days of a Queensland autumn are incredible...of course, it would be nice if it wasn't so darned dry, but the bore on our farm provides water for the stock, so we manage.
On the writing front, I am well into a Muted sequel, called Rescued. The same characters as Muted, about a year after that was set, but it can be read as a stand-alone. I'm building in plenty of twists, turns, humour, surprises, and some romance, so I hope readers enjoy it when it comes out.
I'm also several chapters into the sixth Outback Riders novel. This one isn't about the Sunhaven teens, though, it covers the life of their new neighbour, Bethany Hunter, and her Olympic eventing horse, Flight. Horses of the Skies has a fantasy element covering the 'alternate world' where Flight was born - a mystical land where he had wings. When the flying horse lands himself here without wings, he learns that jumping gives him a few moments of feeling as though he can fly again, and he and Bethany take on the world. There are tears and joy, and it ends up in the outback where Bethany buys the property near Sunhaven and meets the teens as well as the Min Min.
As autumn rolls towards winter here in Australia, and spring rolls towards summer in northern parts, I really, truly hope you are well and have a positive future.
Take care and stay safe.
Leanne O.
P.S. a photo from my front door this morning.
