I just signed a contract with WordCrafts Publishing for my debut novel. It is a clean-read, semi-cozy mystery set in a small coal-mining town in Illinois in 1954. It is very exciting to find a publisher, and WordCrafts are great people. It is now in the production pipeline, due for release in hardcover, paperback, and Kindle in late 2027. Sixteen months seem like a long time, but that is actually very fast.