The title to my latest, and last, post on my Birthing the Next Book blog has a double meaning. Pride that I am finally finished with Cry Baby Cry and ready to launch my baby into the world. Pride in celebration of Gay Pride month, an event dear to Avril McCartney’s fictional heart.

I hope this book will be well received, but also that anyone who reads it will understand how joyful it can be to look past preconceived prejudices of gender in order to truly see the heart of the person.

I have loved getting to know Avril. I hope you enjoy her, too.

Avril walked over to the mirror on the far wall just to check that the woman hadn’t been making fun of her. Nope. Still fabulous. Still sparkly with the glitter and hairspray she’d spritzed on before leaving the house.