The Weathered Vessel

As requested: Book Two

So many of you have requested another installment of The Grace Writers. Thank you for that!

I have been writing The Weathered Vessel for a while. Long before I published The Grace Writers. Yet I’m only a few chapters in. My goal is to have a rough draft completed by the end of the year. That’s pretty ambitious considering my previous timeline of over ten years for my debut novel.

But I am not learning to write from scratch this time. I am simply working out the story, which I believe I have well in hand now.

There will be a few new characters. Bud and Stella Bing (newcomers to Walters Bluff) and Alberto Tedesco (he’s opening an Italian restaurant). Jeannie (the waitress) may also take on a more prominent role. The Weathered Vessel—Claire, Fern, and Laurel’s shop— will become a community hub, and the Grace Writers will remain an important connection that binds the women together.

I’m excited to see where the next book goes. I’m a pantser-type writer. I have a general direction and plot points, but I also let the characters decide parts of the story as I write. They’re rather unpredictable, which makes the process so much fun!

I write because I love the life I have in Christ—and I love a good story. I write because it’s messy to work out our salvation in this life, and I want my readers to know that they’re not alone in the mess—that there is hope, community, and forgiveness when we fail.

Thank you for all of the wonderful reviews of The Grace Writers.

Stay tuned for more updates about the next installment!