Hi buddies! I'm sharing some cover inspiration and updates because On Holiday, Lucy and Ben's story, is getting so close to a reveal and release date. I keep saying "Summer 2025" because I'm superstitious, and I can't name a date before I have a complete draft—but the draft is just about finished and off to Alpha readers at the end of this month!

 Sam from Ink and Laurel has been my cover artist from the start, and I adore the way she takes inspiration photos like Lucy's pink cottage and weaves them into the actual cover. How cute is the chimney on the spine! Always here for a "spine moment." Spilling the beans, in case you're wondering, the actual pink paint color named in the book for Lucy's cottage is Strawberry Freeze by Benjamin Moore. She paints it herself. . . Maybe with a bit of help from a "friend." Wink. Wink. 

I just got a rough draft of the cover from Sam and am sharing a tiny piece just so you can get an idea of what's to come. For me, writing is very visual, and my books always start with a Pinterest board—this is where I found Lucy's cottage, and then my imagination went wild. A lot of plain-old-thinking comes next, which feels unproductive but is actually when most of the story comes to me. It always happens at night when I'm just about to doze off, and I have to jump from bed to scribble down the ideas or pieces of dialogue so I don't forget them!

Love, Margaret