The shipment date of The Winds of Destiny - The Keepers of the Secret is 12 November 2004. The book is ready for pre order at www.authorsden.com/willietee and at www.amazon.com. We are contacting Barnes & Noble, Books A Million, and Waldenbooks to inform them of availability of the new novel. It has already been listed as a book in print and the bookstores were informed in advance of the book's status. We should receive the book for distribution no later than 15 November 2004. We are planning book signings (receptions) for the new book during late November and for teh month of December 2004. I will send a followup newsletters with locations, dates and times.

I will write one page of the third book of the trilogy on Thanksgiving Day, just like I did for The Keepers of the Secret two years ago. In this way, I know what date I started the writing of a new book. I plan to complete the third book within six months and spend spend two additional months editing and revising it as needed. The book would be published during September 2005. Since the third book (untitled at this time) will be more brutal than the previous two books, I must complete it with the utmost haste. I hope that I can recover fully after this strenuous task, because I will be revisiting the past and recounting some unsavory momments in graphic detail. I hope to obtain complete closure from the writing of this third and last book. Since I have brought readers this far with my family's saga, it is only fitting that I reveal intricate details that are relative to this saga. Saving the rough stuff for last..Some of you more savvy readers have come to some correct conclusions about what you have read in my first book. The first book revealed many things but hinted at a few other things. Only one reader of thousands asked about the identity of the visitor who left a talisman of death at my home in the first book (The Winds of Destiny). The identity of the visitor will be revealed in the third and final offering or book along with some other juicy tidbits. Dont ask me the details of the third book, because I will not divulge anything. But if you can determine who the visitor was, I will discount $1.00 off the purchase price of The Keepers of the Secret if you purchase the book at www.authorsden.com/willietee. I will not tell you however if you guessed correctly but will send you a $1.00 refund with your shipped order. You will have to read the third book to find out who the visitor was for sure. Nothing like a little "who done it" mystery to whet the appetite.

But since it is 11:30 at night and my eyes are weary, I will close this newsletter at this point. I will enjoy a restful night's sleep on my recliner and bed. I like to sleep sitting upright for about half the night. You can always fight better sitting up, especially if death makes its rounds. Perhaps, I need to purchase the Grim Reaper a gold handle for his scythe (bribe). There is an adage that you can not cheat death. I disagree because I have on several occasions, but......one's luck is subject to run out.....Of course, the visitor who left a talisman at my house, should have requested a refund. Obviously, the talisman was defective..


Happy Dreams

Willie Tee
Author