It’s me! And I assure you, I’m as surprised as you are to find me here. It’s been an entire year, but I’m trying to get back into the swing of writing, and taking time for Read Around the Rainbow is part of that plan. I find writing of any kind to be a good way to exercise my creativity muscles. And, as I have a deadline hurdling toward me, it’s also nice to have a little writing away from my current work in progress.

This month, Read Around the Rainbow is talking spring! And while that is a rather broad topic, with any number of interpretations, I’m pretty sure none work particularly well for me. But let’s give it a go!

Spring Stories

The truth is, I don’t usually write stories that take place in spring. Other than The Death of Digby Catch—which takes place during the week of World Naked Gardening Day—I’m not at all sure I have another story that takes place during this time of the year. Maybe Watching Elijah Fall? But I honestly don’t know, and I guess I’m too lazy to try and figure it out. LOL The thought that I don’t is odd, because I love spring. Just not as much as fall. But there’s no shame in second place!

Now I feel determined to write another springtime story!

Green Covers

Though I might argue that the Digby Catch cover is greenish—I used to have the walls of my house painted that color and in the right light it was definitely green—I’d have to say, that once again, I only have one story with a green cover.

The Twelve Coffins of Dr. Coffin is truly an anomaly for me, with the story taking place in the late summer (Summer! Yuck!) of 1959’s Hollywood, (I never write period!) it is the greenest of all the green covers!

The Twelve Coffins of Dr. Coffin not only has my favorite title of all my books, but it also might be my favorite cover. My one regret is that it wasn’t longer. I wrote if or JMS Books 13th Anniversary celebration, so the word count was limited. But if I could go back in time, I’d like to have written it as a long novella or even novel length. *sigh*

Well, that seems to be it for now! I’m still scratching my head about my lack of spring and green, but it is what it is. Hopefully, I’ll not only be back next month but not suck so much at the topic. LOL