Sharing the Love Dear Friends,Popping in to share some love. Last week, the Illumination Book Awards surprised Eden with the gold medal for General Fiction! 🏅 I'm delighted, honored, and grateful for thoughtful readers like you. If you haven't yet read the novel, I hope you will. (Keep scrolling to find out how you can for FREE!) And now, a poem. Roses are red, violets are blue, here are TWO giveaway reminders for you. One hundred of you will win a free e-book of Turning Toward Eden if your...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Cate's Quarterly — Winter 2026 Happy New Year, Friends!Here I am sitting at my desk, minding my own business (well, writing this first newsletter of 2026), when I glance up and whoa! Isn’t that some January sunset? I had to share it as I welcome you into a gentle, hopeful 2026. But that’s not all I have for you. Goodreads E-Book Giveaway 🎁 To kick things off, Turning Toward Eden is currently part of a Goodreads e-book giveaway. If you’re on Goodreads—or know someone who is—this is an easy,...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Season's Greetings, dear friends! Popping in with a last stocking stuffer (third time's a charm, I hope—sorry if your spam folder snarfed my previous offering) and a Grammy-award winning performance of a fave Christmas song (or perhaps Grammar-award winning 🏆).TO RECAP . . . Hurrah for my talented workforce! My editor and creative consultant, Ambria Florence, designed the immersive intro and outro soundscapes of the audiobook. (And she's quite proud. 😁) You can hear a sample of the fabulous...
4 months ago • 1 min read
I Promise I'm Not Spam! Hi again, Crew,It seems that one of the links in my last newsletter might be getting the email flagged as spam. (Don't worry, all the links are safe!) So please check your spam folders and mark the newsletter as "not spam." And if you can take additional steps to whitelist me, that'd be great! 🙌 Thank you! P.S. I forgot to mention a special offer for readers who already own a print copy of Turning Toward Eden. If you are willing to add a thoughtful review on Audible, I...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hear, Here! 📣 The Audiobook is OUT! Happy Friday, Crew!I'm merry to announce that Turning Toward Eden is now available on Audible!🎉 (Those of you in Austria or Germany will need this link.) Enjoy the sample below, read by the very talented Leonor A. Woodworth. And then buy yourself a Christmas present. Makes a great stocking stuffer—takes up no room. 😆 And many thanks to award-winning author Carol Baldwin for interviewing me on her engrossing blog. Those of you who read the interview will be...
4 months ago • 1 min read
A (Late) Welcome to New Subscribers Dear New Readers,It has just come to my attention that MailChimp deactivated my welcome email back on June 1. That means those of you who subscribed since then never received your free short story or the access code to my exclusive content—I'm so sorry! I have resolved the technical glitch, and you can find your welcome email below:So glad you decided to join! You will be the first to receive new stories, updates on my novel and other works, invitations to...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Happy Thanksgiving, Crew!To the heaping blessings we celebrate this week come two more: my heartfelt gratitude for each of you—Sue, Patty, Li, LeRoy—and my delight and thanks for Ian. I mean IAN, the Independent Authors Network, who selected Turning Toward Eden as winner of the 2025 Book of the Year for Cross-Genre Fiction! 🎉 To top it off, the novel also placed as a finalist in General Fiction. There were more than 1,400 entries, so these wins, to quote one of you awesome fans, are “a BIG...
5 months ago • 1 min read
Hello, Friends,September already? With the whirlwind of book launch activities—so much fun, thanks to you, dear readers—that has to be the fastest summer on record. Throw in family shenanigans (six weeks sharing the house with our Austrian contingent), beach days (because summer!), and audiobook final touches, and welp, it’s time for a round-up of Turning Toward Eden's May launch. I hope this is especially fun for those of you new to my crew! 💙If you’ve been on the roller coaster with me...
8 months ago • 3 min read
We interrupt our quarterly programming to bring you a grab bag of summer fun: a limited-time 99¢ deal for Turning Toward Eden a little local fame a contest countdown a double-dip into July discounts (historical fiction and cozy mysteries) Whether you're lighting sparklers or lighting up your TBR (to be read) list, here are some star-spangled treats that’ll pop, fizz, and dazzle. So grab a slice of watermelon, kick back under the sparklers, and launch your summer reading with a bang! 💥 Amazon...
10 months ago • 1 min read
