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Home again.
From Craig: On the afternoon of April 4, 2020, we rolled into Billings, Montana, the end of a six-day journey through 12 states that brought us back to the place we are calling home. Again. Yes, amid a pandemic. We were careful. We were prudent. We are healthy. We are thankful.
In total, our time as Maine residents amounted to less than two years. And yet, anyone suggesting it was a mistake to pick up and move to the East Coast would be wildly off the mark. (And, thankfully, no one has been so reckless as to suggest that directly to us.) There was much we loved about living in Maine, much to commend the easy ability (pre-Covid-19) to get to the Cape, to Boston, to New York. It just didn't become home, not in the way any place needs to be if you're going to invest a chunk of your life in it.
Billings is home. We're thrilled to be back among dearly loved friends (and we look forward to seeing them again soon!), we're popping with creativity, and we're eager to see what happens next ...
Thanks for reading!
In total, our time as Maine residents amounted to less than two years. And yet, anyone suggesting it was a mistake to pick up and move to the East Coast would be wildly off the mark. (And, thankfully, no one has been so reckless as to suggest that directly to us.) There was much we loved about living in Maine, much to commend the easy ability (pre-Covid-19) to get to the Cape, to Boston, to New York. It just didn't become home, not in the way any place needs to be if you're going to invest a chunk of your life in it.
Billings is home. We're thrilled to be back among dearly loved friends (and we look forward to seeing them again soon!), we're popping with creativity, and we're eager to see what happens next ...
Thanks for reading!
You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky
IS LOVE A CHOICE, OR IS IT FATE?
Jo-Jo Middlebury is done with love. Linus Travers wants one more shot at it. Mr. Blue Sky, their 1970s-loving guardian angel, offers perspective while taking deep dives into Happy Days and Barney Miller.
Linus can save Jo-Jo’s business, but Jo-Jo makes it clear that she needs no one to rescue her, least of all him. Add to that an ex-fiancé with a change of heart, a single mom who wants a good time, and a married couple who’ve blurred the boundaries of their respective friendships with Linus and Jo-Jo.
All the while, Mr. Blue Sky observes, explains, and ever-so-gently interacts.
Written by wife-husband novelists Elisa Lorello and Craig Lancaster,
You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky is a warm-hearted, humorous dive into the depths of love and the mysteries of how two people find their way to each other.
NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST!
The International Book Awards are a large-scale contest recognizing literary excellence across a range of subjects and genres. The field includes works from some of the largest publishers in the world. You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky, put out by our little publishing house in Maine, was recognized as a finalist in the fiction-romance category. It's a wonderful endorsement of our book and our work, and we couldn't be more thrilled. Read the press release here.
Jo-Jo Middlebury is done with love. Linus Travers wants one more shot at it. Mr. Blue Sky, their 1970s-loving guardian angel, offers perspective while taking deep dives into Happy Days and Barney Miller.
Linus can save Jo-Jo’s business, but Jo-Jo makes it clear that she needs no one to rescue her, least of all him. Add to that an ex-fiancé with a change of heart, a single mom who wants a good time, and a married couple who’ve blurred the boundaries of their respective friendships with Linus and Jo-Jo.
All the while, Mr. Blue Sky observes, explains, and ever-so-gently interacts.
Written by wife-husband novelists Elisa Lorello and Craig Lancaster,
You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky is a warm-hearted, humorous dive into the depths of love and the mysteries of how two people find their way to each other.
NOW AN INTERNATIONAL BOOK AWARDS FINALIST!
The International Book Awards are a large-scale contest recognizing literary excellence across a range of subjects and genres. The field includes works from some of the largest publishers in the world. You, Me & Mr. Blue Sky, put out by our little publishing house in Maine, was recognized as a finalist in the fiction-romance category. It's a wonderful endorsement of our book and our work, and we couldn't be more thrilled. Read the press release here.