Second Act Stories

March feels like motion.

After 2 years of outlining, rewriting, doubting, and building, The Taste of Crimson: Angyel is officially out in the world.

This book began as a private reckoning. It became a story about desire, identity, and what it means to take up space again after believing you shouldn’t.

And now… it’s yours to read.

If you’ve already picked up a copy — thank you.
If it’s still on your list — this is your nudge.

The Frontier Auto Museum Author Fair was exactly what a local writing community should feel like — warm, conversational, real.

I had the chance to:

• Meet new readers

• Visit with familiar faces

• Share poetry aloud

There is something grounding about standing behind a table with your name on it and realizing: this is real.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by, listened, asked questions, or just said hello. Those conversations matter more than you know.

Gillette Fiction Writers will be at Handmade & More, bringing stories into shared space again.

If you’re local, come out and visit. We’ll have:

• Books for sale

• Conversations about craft

• Community connection

• And probably a few unexpected moments of humor

Writers don’t belong only behind screens. We belong in rooms, in booths, in conversation.

Publishing a book can look like a single moment — a launch date, a post, a table at an author fair.

But the real life of a story happens afterward.

It happens in quiet reading hours. In the conversations that linger. In the simple act of passing a title along.

Books don’t spread through algorithms. They spread through people.

Whether you’ve already stepped into the world of Crimson or it’s still waiting on your list, you can help independent stories travel.

Reading it. Recommending it. Leaving a review. Sharing a post.

Those small actions are how books find their way beyond one table, one town, one moment.

If you’re local, I’d love to see you at Handmade & More on March 14–15. Stop by. Say hello. Let’s keep stories in the open.

You can get your copy of The Taste of Crimson: Angyel or The Shape of Healing by clicking HERE.

After the launch and the events, the rhythm shifts back to the desk.

I’m continuing work on the next installment of The Taste of Crimson, letting the story deepen and settle into its next movement.

And I’m in the editing phase of Raised by Wind, tightening lines, refining rhythm, shaping the prairie seasons into something cohesive and enduring.

Editing is a different kind of writing.
Quieter. More deliberate.
Less spark — more structure.

March feels steady.

Not loud. Not rushed. Just consistent.

Thank you for reading.
Thank you for supporting.
Thank you for being here.

— Amy