My favorite part of the writing life is connecting with readers. And what better place to connect and engage than a library?

Due to a recent health related pause, I’ve spent some solitary time journaling or watching the backyard birds and the visiting deer. There is something to be said for such withdrawal. Something medicinal. But now I’m ready to step back into the world of all things books and bookish conversations.

On March 20th at 5:30 pm join us as I read and share Margaret’s continuing story with book 3, Love & Other Matters in the series that began with Other Wise.

The library is beautiful and the librarians are so welcoming. So … come fill yourself with story.

Sunday, December 15th, 2024, 1pm — COME FILL YOURSELF WITH STORY at this delicious bookstore in York, Maine.

I will read a bit, chat a bit, and sign some books. You will be surrounded by books, both banned and otherwise, in the warmth of a storybook-like shop for as long or as short as you wish. AND, you will get to meet and support the owners of this local small business–a sweet light in this season of loving and giving. An independent bookstore. RSVP 207-361-4386 INFO@THEBOOKTENDERS.COM

Help spread the word. I have a small footprint in a social media filled with ads and options. If you can’t come, be sure to visit The BookTenders at your first opportunity in person or online at http://www.thebooktenders.com and say hello.

And then there were three.

Love & Other Matters is in the world. My publisher put it up on Amazon on November 12th, checked all three novel proofs for symmetry’s sake, and now I can spread the word.

What my publisher didn’t know is that November 12th is my late Mother’s birthday. What I want you to know is that there’s a little bit of Evelyn F. Hamilton in these pages. My heart is full.

Gifted with second sight, Margaret Meader—introduced in Other Wise—is both an integral part of her Maine community and an outsider. Here’s what readers will find in book 3 of her story.

Kasha Gula, the photojournalist from James Harchett’s past, arrives with a request. This puts Margaret’s carefully earned friendship with the reclusive Vietnam vet at risk. And when a woman from Margaret’s own past arrives, more challenges surface.

While visions are a constant in her life, a prescient dream sends Margaret on an unexpected  journey, awakening a calling that has lain dormant. When she is asked to create a container for communal healing—a medicine bowl of sorts—obstacles and opposition arise intent on keeping her in her place. … Outside the circle of belonging. … Ever the Other.

Come fill yourself with story …

A bird in flight. A thin place. A ghost light. 

The gathering. The telling. The listening.

Stories within stories.