Run Aground – Annie DeMoranville

Work Wednesday: Feeling Accomplished

1920 flapper woman on black pillow — The Enchantress by Rolf Armstrong

The rewrites for Full Sail – the third book in the TJ Wilde Trilogy – are completed and this draft feels solid enough to send off to the editor. It will be sad to say goodbye to TJ, but there are so many other stories waiting to be told.

Soup of the Week: Zuppa Toscana – Spicy Potato Soup

Revisiting from 2023:

I was under the weather all weekend and this soup seemed like the perfect remedy.

Spicy Potato Soup (Zuppa Toscana)

1/4 cup butter
1 yellow onion, diced
2 celery stalks, chopped
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp cayenne
½ lb spicy ground sausage (or ground beef)
¼ tsp crushed red pepper (opt)
1 bay leaf (remove before serving)
1 tsp crushed garlic
32 oz chicken broth
6 potatoes, well scrubbed, unpeeled – cubed or thinly sliced
2 cups milk
salt and pepper to taste
8 oz shredded cheddar or jack (opt – I like parmesan myself)

saucepan or instant pot

More Audiobook News!

After a little bit of a hiccup with Underway, the first two books in the TJ Wilde Trilogy are now available in Audiobooks.

Thanks to AI technology making leaps and bounds, it is to a point where I am happy to use it for the narration. With a few tweaks here and there, it’s a great listen.

Run Aground Audiobook available here

Underway Audiobook available here

They join the Audiobook of the first book in the Duxbridge Mysteries Series

You can read TJ Wilde series excerpts here and here

Trixie Belle At 9 Weeks

The level of cuteness in my house is off the charts:

Trixie’s 9.5 week photo

Making great progress in their relationship

8-week sweater (Scout hand-me-down)

She outgrew the other sweater in the first week – this one was Scout’s at 12-14 weeks, and was roomy on her. I think Trixie will be out of this one in a week to 10 days. Since she only wears it on extremely cold days outside, I usually go to the thrift store and shop in the toddler section for puppy needs.