{"id":514,"date":"2026-08-11T13:20:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverladywrites.com\/?p=514"},"modified":"2026-08-11T13:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T17:30:31","slug":"a-new-journey-begins-announcing-ill-be-seeing-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riverladywrites.com\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"The Journey of Returning to Fiction: My New Novel Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in 1957, Allen Saunders wrote: <em>Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans.<\/em> I know John Lennon is credited with the saying, but trust me, Allen said it first. Anyway, my life happened while I was busy planning on writing. You see, for the past nine years, life took me away from the keyboard and the fictional worlds I loved to build. Oh, I spent time doing the things life threw at me: mourning the death of my sister, battling hydrocephalus, working to keep a roof over my head. But without my sister by my side, my inner voice fell silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Returning to Contemporary Women&#8217;s Fiction<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But a storyteller never truly stops spinning tales. The characters just wait patiently in the shadows until it is time to bring them back to life. Today, I&#8217;m overjoyed to share that I finally have a brand-new novel coming this November: <em>I\u2019ll Be Seeing You<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you have read my previous books (If you haven&#8217;t, you should.), you know my heart belongs to contemporary stories infused with a touch of the extraordinary. <em>I\u2019ll Be Seeing You<\/em> is no different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Speculative Fiction Story of Hope, Forgiveness, and the Enduring Power of Love<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story follows a disillusioned Manhattan attorney who survives a near-fatal accident, only to find himself haunted by the vivid, unexplainable memories of a soldier killed in World War II. His search for answers leads him out of his cynical world and straight to an elderly widow\u2014a woman whose decades-long, enduring love holds the unexpected key to his own redemption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>A Hauntingly Beautiful Journey of the Heart<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before she passed, I told my sister about the story. She smiled and said, \u201cIt\u2019s hauntingly beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes, it is.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Reach Out for a Free Chapter<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m currently putting the finishing touches on the manuscript, but I cannot wait to take you on this magical, emotional journey. Connect with me <a href=\"https:\/\/riverladywrites.com\/?page_id=390\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"390\">here<\/a> and I&#8217;ll send you Chapter One. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Until then, I&#8217;ll be seeing you. Merci.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A disillusioned Manhattan attorney survives a near-fatal accident only to be haunted by a WWII soldier&#8217;s memories. Read the official announcement for I\u2019ll Be Seeing You, a hauntingly beautiful tale of redemption and enduring love coming this November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50088536,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[1401,1400,1394,1399,1405,1403,1402,1404,1397,1395,1396,1373,1398],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-book-announcements","tag-books-for-women-over-30","tag-contemporary-fiction","tag-enduring-love","tag-hope-and-redemption","tag-ill-be-seeing-you","tag-indie-author-news","tag-power-of-love","tag-second-chances","tag-speculative-fiction","tag-supernatural-realism","tag-womens-fiction","tag-world-war-2-mystery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phh2qu-8i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":405,"url":"https:\/\/riverladywrites.com\/?p=405","url_meta":{"origin":514,"position":0},"title":"Demystifying Women\u2019s Fiction: History, Definitions, and Misconceptions","author":"tinthia","date":"June 9, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"When people ask what genre I write, I always answer: Women\u2019s Fiction. \"What is that?\" they usually ask. 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