Next week's the premiere of something we're doing that hasn't been done before. Or maybe it's real.

In just a few days, Hope Shay, the character you've read about in the presenter for my newest book, NOW YOU SEE HER, a novel for young adults, becomes "real."

Or was she always real? She'll be real now.

In more practical terms, I'm going to try to "blog" more often, using this more as a diary. I'm going to figure out how to add photos, because my friend Holly Kennedy photographs her trash can and her Newfoundland dog and I want to be like her.

For those of you who've recently signed the guest book, and asked quesitons, please go to the section that says 'Email Jackie." I'll get the quesiton right away and usually answer within 24 hours. One person asked if there were literary criticisms of 'THE DEEP END OF THE OCEAN,' written ten years ago. There are dozens and dozens. You can go on Amazon and read the readers' reviews or just Google the book and see reviews from many publicatons.

best and best,

Jackie M.