Yesterday was another milestone. I had a book signing with a fellow classmate from Enid High School. I won’t tell you the year we graduated. I don’t want you fainting. But we’re both still active and not in the obituaries yet.

Mary McIntyre Coley Mary Coley – Mystery Novels, Female Sleuths and I graduated together never knowing we both wanted to be authors. We went our separate ways, married, had children, worked and finally retired. Then we ran back into each other by way of our writing. She called me by name at the Oklahoma Writers’ Federation, Inc. (OWFI) conference and I thought, that woman looks so familiar. Then I read her name tag. She included her maiden name on the tag, I had not. But she still recognized me so many years later. I was impressed. Since then we talk now and then and help each other promote our books.

Mary and I both studied under Mrs. Dorothy Cozart at Enid High in her Great Books and Creative Writing classes. We both grew up reading Nancy Drew (you aren’t too young to know who that is, right?)

She has a new book out set in our hometown of Enid, Crumbling Bones, and she was promoting it with a book signing at Putnam Six Books. She asked me to join her. And we had a good time, sold a few books, and saw a few old friends. (the friendships were old, not the friends)

I just sent a new manuscript to the publisher and hope to see it on the shelves soon. I’m sure Mary will support me in my efforts. Writing is hard work and authors need all the support they can get.

Pick up a copy of Mary’s new book Crumbling Bones on her website or Amazon.com. It is Another Story for another Time.

What are you reading/writing/creating this week?