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Blog Pause As I Work on New Novel this Summer

 

                                                                                    



This is a photo I took yesterday while visiting a garden in Rainbow Park here in Chicago.  Nature is a major theme in my books and in my life.  Here-- look at the shape of these flowers--  I love their puffiness.  

I also appreciate the Chicago Park District working so hard so us residents can enjoy nature even among lots of buildings!

I am going to be taking a break from working on my blog to focus on writing my new novel this summer and also prepping for the publication of my novella, Mary's Wings.  I had hoped to publish it this past spring but I had to postpone it.  

I give my blog a lot of thought since I know you are all busy and I just don't to write garbage just to have something up each week.  I respect you all too much for that!  I do have lots of ideas for topics once I start up again.. will keep you posted.

In the meantime, feel free to like my author Facebook page which I update/post to weekly.  This past week I focused on gun violence and what happened in Japan.  Here is the link:

https://www.facebook.com/dinarabadibooks/

Feel free to comment with any questions or suggestions on writing/literature related topics you would like me to cover.  I hope you all use summer to read some great books!



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