Life hit me with a lot of heavy stuff. It silenced me and this newsletter for a very long time. I am sorry. Things are better and I will do my best to do better by you in the future.

In order to serve you better, I’ve changed email service providers and given this newsletter a new name and a facelift. I hope you like it. The facelift includes the banner, a new sequence of welcome emails, and a free e-copy of Fellowship. I want to be sure to give you an opportunity to download it if you’d like.

I am aware that some of you have already purchased copies of Fellowship. First, thank you for the purchase. Second, I am working on something special and exclusive. Please be patient. It'll take me a while...too many repairs still going on. In the meantime, if there's a story line from Fellowship you'd like me to develop, drop me a line at lynette@lynettemburrows.com.

April was proof that life keeps throwing rocks at me. Some of them are of my own making.

Over committed much? The only thing I lack right now is a hole in my head.

I had two things planned for April; to rearrange my office so I could install my new sit-stand desk and to get all the “cogs” ready to roll out the preorder and publication of If I Should Die in May.

First thing first, I had to clean up my office and pack away books and whatnot.

It was a mess, wasn’t it? Unfortunately, it was more of a mess than I knew.

Yes, that’s mold. No, it’s not the dangerous kind. Just nasty. So, instead of moving in furniture. All the furniture had to come out. I had remediation companies come out to give me an estimate. For some, this job was too small . Fortunately, I found the perfect company who got the job done.

And I had a new problem.

I needed wallboard. Now, I am a DYI-er, but taping and sanding drywall joints is NOT my talent. So I needed to hire someone. I went to Angi again. This job was too small for anyone to respond to my request for an estimate. UGH.

The folks at Angi noticed I hadn’t gotten any responses and got to work. Suddenly I had a bunch of responses from small, independent drywall contractors. Yay. Finally, I found the one that was just right.

Unfortunately all the phone calls and visitors and noisy construction seriously disrupted my work. I will get that book out on preorder and it will be published at the end of the month. Some of the cogs may not run real smoothly, so please bear with me. If you are willing to help get the word out about this second book in the Fellowship Dystopia and are not part of my advance readers team, the Burrows Insiders, join the Insiders or simply email me, and you’ll get shareable tweets, images, etc., and my deepest gratitude.

Under the label, Cool SF merchandise, I found this The Last Starfighter sticker on Redbubble. Click on the image for the link. Be careful, Redbubble can be a delightful time suck.

If you’ve never seen the movie, The Last Starfighter, I recommend it. It’s a fun romp. I might need that sticker.

I will be at ConQuest 53 in Kansas City, Memorial Day weekend. They haven’t given me a schedule yet. Watch my Facebook page for news. Any Reading Rebels planning to be at ConQuest? 

That’s all for this month, Reading Rebels

Until next time,

Happy Reading!