Dear Friends

The good news is that I am putting the finishing touches on the latest book in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery Series. I’m just working with my fab beta readers to do a final touch up. And I have a new publisher for the series. Friesen Press from Victoria, British Columbia will be publishing the next book in the series and they are already working on putting it together. The not so good news is that this will delay the publication of A Long Ways from Home. Given the time it will take, this will likely mean a late Summer/Fall publication date, but that is yet to be confirmed.

Thank you for your patience and on-going support of my work and of the Windflower series. It has been a great journey so far and I am so pleased that you have been with me. To thank you and to keep Windflower alive while I am not so patiently going waiting for the publication process to evolve, I am going to do 2 things. One is I am going to start another Windflower book. The ideas are bubbling up so I am getting back to work. Hopefully, that can mean another book release early in the new year.

The second thing involves you. I am thinking about releasing one chapter of A Long Ways from Home every couple of weeks until the book gets published. I will do this through my blog and on the Sgt. Windflower Facebook page. I would also send it directly by e-mail to anyone who wanted it as well. My question for you is this. Do you think this is a good idea and would you like me to do this? I do not want to interfere with anyone’s pleasure in reading the full book and will try and limit the release of information that would give too much away. But my thinking is that this is a way for everybody who loves Windflower to stay in touch, while we’re waiting.

Drop me a line at mike54martin@yahoo.ca

Tell me what you think. Also, for anyone who’s new here or hasn’t read any of the Windflower mysteries, let me know and I’ll send you a Kindle version of the first book, The Walker on the Cape.

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Thank you for supporting Minwaashin Lodge and the Annual Windflower Holiday Book Sale.  Our final report came in and the total number of books sold in November and December was 99 books. That is amazing and a cheque for $500 is on its way to Minwaashin Lodge!!

Thank you as well to all of you who made your own contribution to Minwaashin Lodge. The work that they are doing is remarkable and deserves our on-going support. You can still make a donation to them at any time throughout the year. Here is what they do every day in our community:

Minwaashin Lodge is a healing centre in Ottawa that provides a range of programs and services to First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children who are survivors of domestic and other forms of violence, and who may also be suffering the effects of the residential school system.

The mission of Minwaashin Lodge is to provide wholistic programs and services for grandmothers, women, children and youth impacted by family violence and residential schooling. All programs and services are provided in the context of cultural beliefs and values as part of the healing journey.

All money donated will go to support First Nations, Inuit and Metis women and children to have a safe and warm place to stay throughout the cold winter still ahead.

For more information about Minwaashin Lodge and to make your own donation please visit:

http://www.minlodge.com

The Sgt. Windflower books are available in Chapters/Indigo stores across Canada and at Chapters.ca

You can also find them online:

In Canada on Amazon.ca at

http://www.amazon.ca/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries

In the United States from Amazon.com at

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asgt+windflower+mysteries

In the United Kingdom at Amazon.co.uk at

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=sgt+windflower+mysteries

Thank you again for supporting Minwaashin Lodge.

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