It’s a very short list, and I love it!
- Write
- Seek/plan/look forward to the publication of my next Suspense novel
- Go to France (read on…)
Here’s my holiday poem, two thousand fifteen.
A year filled with suspense, and yet, sometimes, serene.
Underwater was published in German*, last winter.
After months of translation, it went to the printer.
Then in March, I released the book, All the Above,
a true story of hope, and of courage, and love.
It took 2 years to write, lots of blood, sweat, and tears,
and it’s my “open book” of my son, and my fears.
Just before, with my husband, to Texas, I flew.
We visited fam’ly, gave them a preview.
Since fall of last year, I’ve been writing “Book 4.”
I am finished, and, of it, I soon will say more.
In the fall, to a conference in Raleigh, I went.
Then to Nashville, another, and at both, time well spent.
At the end of the year, it’s to France I’ll vacation,
Besides this one, the French one’s my favorite nation.
I send you my holiday wishes for peace
For joy and for laughter, and for troubles to cease.
I hope that you’ll find, as gifts, under the tree,
A book that I’ve penned, or two, or even three!
*Unter Wasser in German
JULIA MCDERMOTT 