As you may know, I’ve published “To Preserve Health”, the first book in my new “Coins of Destiny” series. This is a series that follows the arc of a single mother, Rachael Pesci. I’ve been planning this series for a few years and have struggled with how best to name the books in the series, although “Coins of Destiny” were a theme from day one. Well, while editing “Coins of Destiny 2”, I’ve come up with names appropriate to each of the books in the series. Here’s the final lineup:

* To Preserve Health - Coins of Destiny 1  - available for purchase

   - Rachael Pesci, a single mother, receives a coin that a rogue government project wants at any cost, and fights to protect her daughter while coming to grips with responsibilities and forces she can’t control.

* To Wield Power - Coins of Destiny 2 - coming 2025

   - Rachael Pesci must work to save her daughter and a friend from a gang war between the Yakuza and Triad, who both want her coin, while learning to trust and trying to decipher the secret behind the coins.

• To Gain Wisdom - Coins of Destiny 3 - coming 2026

  - In planning… Rachael discovers the true meaning of the coins while running from the government which searches for them.

In Other News:

My pulp novel, "The Cat and the Warlock" is next on my project list. I'll edit it and have it out later in the year. I'm considering doing a sequel. I'm not sure if this will be another series, but I enjoyed writing it so much that I want to continue the story. But any work on that book will have to wait for the first draft of Coins 3 to be done. I also need to come up with and write a short story for this year's Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity conference anthology.

Word up!