For the past 12? 13? months I've been the biggest publishing tease. Without further ado, I'm about to (dis?)continue that tradition. I HAVE NEWS!

That's right! It's a new book deal!

This one has happened pretty quickly. Last May, I was floating in the pool and this book spilled into my brain. A murder in a sorority house. Elle Woods meets Jessica Fletcher. I finished the book and then didn't know what to do with it. It's a little quirky, a little sassy.  I went to RWA and when people asked me what I was working on, I said, "this funny mystery that there's probably no market for." My cousin, the big time famous author Jill Alexander Essbaum (of the soon to be released Hausfrau), urged me to send it to agents (an ego-demolishing but necessary process called 'querying,')  I got a little interest. Then some more. Then I signed with my faboo agent Cassie Hanjian who got more people interested.

Now Margot Blythe is coming to a bookseller near you.

You'll meet her in the spring. Of 2015.

I know.

Then she'll be back, hopefully in fall 2015.

Now I can hear what you're saying. "We've heard this before Lindsay." "What about those other books you said were going to be 'published'?" And, "Where's that leopard print belt I loaned you?"

I swear I didn't make the other books up. I've worked hard on them. Other people are working hard on them. They're coming. I just can't say when.

Yet.

(And that leopard belt looked darling on me, thanks)

I'll make you a deal. Sign up for my newsletter  and I promise, you'll be the FIRST to know about appearances, signings, and (yes, yes, I KNOW!!!) release dates. Not Twitter. Not Facebook. Newsletter gets big news first.

Because you're going to want to hear about Margot Blythe. She's loyal, she's funny. She'll be the sister you always wished you had.