Join us for a visit with some of our favorite authors whose books we love to read and share with everyone. You'll get to hear from authors who've become friends over the years, authors we're just discovering, and lots of prizes and books to win!
Hi, there, readers! I am honored today to bring you an author interview. Liz Flaherty's books are some of my favorite because of her amazing character building, but just before the holidays she took on a new endeavor: a book of essays. You see, one of Liz's first publishing forays was as a columnist; she has kept writing her column and her books for years, but for the first time, a book of just her columns is out in the world. I had to ask her how that came about.
Kristina: How did your column come to be?
Liz: I took a creative writing class from the late Vicki Williams and made the discovery that I loved writing essays more than anything else. When I went to work as a stringer for the local newspaper (come to find out I didn’t like writing the news—what a surprise) I finally gathered up a few and asked the editor to give me a try. Thirty years later, I was touched when he agreed to write the foreword for Window Over the Sink.
Kristina: What do you like most about it?
Liz: It’s the instant gratification of writing. Writing them is quick because you only have one subject, one voice (your own), and usually limited time. 😊 While I love writing books, it’s angsty for me; writing essays is just fun.
Kristina: When did you decide to put the column into a book?
Liz: I promised my husband, and 20 years or so later, I kept the promise. He’s supportive of my writing in all ways, but the column—that’s the me he knows and understands (sort of.)
Kristina: How did you choose which essays to include?
Liz: I chose ones that mattered, that held my heart, that readers had liked most and mentioned often. Ones that made me laugh or sniffle.
Kristina: What makes you the most proud of this book?
Liz: Well, its cover, for one thing. Maddie James designed it, and I am completely in love with it. If I could paint my column, that would be what it would look like. Other than that, though, I told someone the other day that the picture my grandson took of me had all the wrinkles left in it because he was photographing his nana, not some author. That lady with the wrinkles is who I am at 70 and I like her. She’s the one who wrote Window Over the Sink. And, yeah, I’m proud of her.
Liz's cover is beautiful, isn't it? You can pick up her book - print or e version - at the retailers below. Thanks for joining me today, Liz, and readers, thank you for joining in, too!
I've been making trees of life, first in bowls and now with these tiles. I'll confess, when I find a new ceramic project or idea I tend to do a bunch of them. I like to figure out how I want to make them and what works best. But I think what I like about making the trees right now is they really speak to today's environment. The world is so divisive right now. And the trees sort of remind me that we're all connected. We all have our roots in this country and we branch out and add our own uniqueness to it. Those differences make for a much richer tapestry.
It's sort of the same thing that attracts me to writing...the uniqueness of each story and each character. Each story allows me to explore something new.
They say that most people live one life, but a reader lives a thousand lives. That applies to writers as well. Each book I read and write allows me to inhabit someone else's life for a while. In Hometown Hearts each character goes through something different and approaches the idea of family in a different way. And yet, like my trees of life, they all have their roots firmly planted in a universal sameness...in family, friendship and love.
I'm finding that my art connects to my writing which connects to my life. Yes it's all intertwined...just like we're all intertwined. Sometimes we spend so long looking at our differences that we forget our connection. I think readers and writers are better at recognizing that our differences are a gift...that we're all rooted in the same soil.
If you haven't read the first three books in my Hometown Hearts series, I hope you pick them up so that you're ready for the fourth book which comes out in September!
I'm heading out to the studio today...so much clay to play with, so little time!
Holly
PS This is Herman. He's the first piece I made in my new HollysWood Studio. That's one of the ash glazes I've made!
I will confess, I live what might appear to be a little life. It's a life built around family and creating. Writing has been a huge part of my life for a long time. But when I took my first pottery class, I knew that would be a part of my life as well. Yes, it was love at first...wedge! LOL We went round and round about where to put my pottery studio (after I'd exhausted all the classes at the university!). I could put it at home, but my options were limited. So we decided to put it at The Cottage. We had more than enough room for sure. We started building the barn last August. And by June, my studio was up and working!
The view is amazing! I spent Monday out there working. I didn't turn on any music...I didn't need to. My Cooper's Hawks are back and were very vocal. Their nest is not far from the barn. I was afraid we'd scare them off with all the building last year, but nope. They're back. The red salamanders are all over! And I rescued a toad that got into the barn the other day. I didn't want Tallulah to find him and taste him. LOL A ton of birds just added to the chorus. Who needs any other music.
The minions came and spent a day at camp last weekend. They played with sticks and lightsabers. LOL (The sticks were Ewok's sticks.) And we took a hike to Second Creek. Yes, we named the creek that borders the back of the property Second Creek. It's not overly creative, but is an accurate description. We also have other areas named...Powerline Path, Monkey Island (no one's quite sure where that came from) and other areas.
Yes, it's a little life. I wouldn't want it any other way. I've built my life around family and love. Whether I'm writing love stories about families (like my Hometown Hearts series...that was a sly mention) or loving working on my pottery. It's a little, but lucky life because I love what I do and who I'm sharing my life with.
I think the secret to a happy life is recognizing what's good in your life and giving thanks for it. I hope when you take a look at your life, you find you're as happy with yours as I am with mine!
Holly
PS. If you have a moment, I hope you'll check out my Hometown Hearts series. Each book stands alone, but since it's a small town, you're bound to bump into someone you know in each book!
Susan and I talked about Perfection, which led to us talking about creating and letting go this week on our Trippin' with Holly and Susan video series. I'd done a blog post about it not too long ago. That idea of making then letting go is one I think every writer and artist grapples with.
I had an English teacher years ago and we kind of disagreed about books' meanings. She'd say, "The author was trying to say..." I didn't agree. I might find a certain meaning in a writer's words, or in a painting or piece of ceramics. But I'm bringing my own experience and bias to it. If you read the same book or looked at the same piece, you might see something entirely different. So unless the teacher had a written explanation of intent from the author or knew them, she could only know her opinion. Each of us brings our own experience and bias to any art. We see what we want to see...sometimes what we need to see.
That's the beauty of creating. I create with intent. But once I let a book go, you own the story. It speaks to you in whatever place you happen to be.
That's a beautiful, symbiotic relationship.
Thanks to everyone who's partnered with me in the past! I hope you'll come back and check out my new Hometown Hearts series!
I have an avant-garde past...it influences a lot of what I write.
I worked with breastfeeding moms for years. My first speaking gigs were talking about breastfeeding to medical people and colleges. My most memorable talk was a university psych class at 8am on a Monday morning. I doubted the kids would be really excited about asking questions (I so prefer doing talks with audience participation) so I asked them to write their questions/comments on index cards (Hey Susan, I used index cards!). One of their first questions I read was, "Does the size of the breast matter?" I should mention I talk with my hands. So I did a little palm-up hand motion, as if weighing breasts without thinking about what I was doing. I should also mention that the front row consisted of huge, football-looking guys. As I realized what I'd done, I started to laugh and the football team cracked up. Pretty soon the entire class was laughing with us. The rest of the talk went very smoothly. LOL I added a breastfeeding baby to Bosom Buddies. It was one of my earliest sales and started with an absurd breastfeeding situation. I really thought I'd gone over the top and considered cutting it, but in the end I left it in. I'm glad I did because the editor called after reading it and said, "I just died laughing. I'm buying the book, but let me finish reading it before we talk." If I wrote the book today, I'd have written it differently, but I still love this early example of my work. I love that early works are still out there for readers to find, but I hope they all go on to read more current books. My writing has grown. And truly, if it hasn't, I should find another job.
Speaking of jobs, I volunteered at my kids' grade school for years. I was on the school board (school board president one year), worked with PTA and for a number of years I planned and ran the kids' games at our annual Feather Party. Those experiences influenced my PTA Mom Trilogy. I really loved getting to focus on the balancing act all parents have to do. There's a bonus story in the bundle because truly, I loved those years on PTA and I loved giving PTA moms a shout-out in the stories! It was fun to go back to Erie Elementary.
Speaking of Erie schools, for years I worked with the Erie School District's teen parenting program. Once a year I went in to talk to the kids in the program. There were three of us who were core speakers, with others joining us on occasion. Deb talked about programs available to the girls. Craig talked with a male perspective. I talked about parenting. The teachers who worked in the program at the different district high schools were amazing. This volunteer gig is definitely part of the first book in my Hometown Hearts series, Crib Notes. The book is about a teacher who runs...a teen parenting program, of course. She finds herself pregnant and dumped. So while she is an adult, her journey echoes the journeys of the girls she's worked with for years. And it turns out no matter how old or young you are, there are a lot of similarities in being unexpectedly pregnant and on your own. A lot.
The second book in the Hometown Hearts series, A Special Kind of Different (out in March and available for preorder) has a very special character. Here's my Dear Reader letter that tells how a neighbor inspired that :
Dear Reader, My family had a very special neighbor, Tiffany. My kids and their friends accepted her without question. She didn't verbalize much, but she always had a smile and an utter fascination with watches. One day my kids and their friends came running to the house to get me because a group of strangers were picking on Tiff. We went outside and with a few mom-threats on my part, they left. In that moment, the kids showed not just compassion, but they showed that they knew that different isn't something to be afraid of or mocked...it's special. I was so very proud of all of them! In this second book in my Hometown Hearts series. I introduce the Sunrise Foundation, whose goal is to help exceptional people lead exceptional lives. Instead of locating the story in Erie, I used the fictional neighboring town of Whedon—the setting forCrib Notes—because Erie already has an organization that helps our special residents,The Gertrude A. Barber National Institute.They do such wonderful work. In this story, Anna and Liam both believe that they know what's best for Liam's brother, Colm. In the end it's Colm who teaches them an important life lesson--that you need to stand up for what you want and love!
A Special Kind of Different is a book that's...well, special for me as the writer, and hopefully for you as the reader!
One last story...
My biological father left when I was a toddler. I never met him until I was in my thirties. That idea of a parent giving up a child came up in Carry Her Heart. I wrote the story from the mother-who-gave-up-the-baby's perspective. And then followed up with the story of that daughter finding her biological mother in Hold Her Heart. No, not my story really, but stories that echo my stories. (They're on sale this week on Amazon.)
I could go on. There's some element of me, my life, my questions about life in each of my books. None of my experiences are really autobiographical in my fiction. They're a starting point. A place to build off of. I twist my facts and turn them into something totally different and unique. I build characters who do things and see things differently than I do or would. They're uniquely themselves. Real people and real stories in a very fictional way. LOL
I hope you try out any new-to-you stories!
And a special thanks so everyone who picked up Crib Notes last week! After you've read it, I would really appreciate it if you left a review at your favorite online site!
The rest of the Hometown Hearts series will be coming soon.
Homecoming and Suddenly a Father will be out in June and September of 2020 and
Something Borrowed, Something Blue and Something Perfect in 2021!
So I’m in a position where I need to reorganize my bookshelves.
I realized that so much of how I organize books depends on how much space I
have. When I have lots of room, I can afford to have more keeper shelves and
maintain a broad collection of books from all my areas of interest. I have many
shelves of the books I’ve written, the books I’ve written that are translated
to other languages, shelves of friends’ books, and signed books. Plus there are
books I organize by interest—medieval culture, castles, knighthood, medieval literature,
the courtly tradition, the Pre-Raphaelites, mythology, psychology, world religions,
literary novels, poetry, and the list goes on.
I love my bookshelves! Browsing is a joy, and I continually find
old gems I haven’t looked at in a decade. If I had my choice, I’d leave them as
is. But I’m consolidating homes after living in a few places of the last
decade, and that means merging collections—and, worse, losing the home of the
biggest, best bookshelves.
One of several shelves I had to dismantle.
Minimalist sensibilities might say that’s a great thing. Do
less with more! And if it was anything in my life except for books, I’d agree
with that idea. But we love books, don’t we? Parting with them is like saying
goodbye to old friends.
First to go were books that weren’t favorites—works I’ve
only read once and didn’t feel called to read again. That wasn’t so bad. But
then there was the pairing down of my own foreign editions, which was hard because
I had hoped to keep one of everything. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible, so
I mailed books to libraries all over the country, re-homing them.
Now, I’m in a period of stasis, trying to figure out what can
go next. Most days I contemplate building more bookshelves in my new home to
accommodate all the volumes. But in my more productive periods of organization,
I try to choose the “best of” books from each favorite category. I don’t need
all the books I have on mythology, so I pick my top two or three choices, and
so on.
We’ll see if this yields a more manageable collection. For
now, I can say that I have renewed appreciation for cyber bookshelves like
those I have at Goodreads. Even if I no longer possess the physical copy of the
book, I can keep track of what I’ve read there—when I remember to enter it. I
also like that I can put a book on multiple shelves so that it’s not just a
book poetry, it’s also a book by a friend and a book I read for book club.
Having the ability to sort books into topical categories and specialized fields
makes it easy for me to look up all the books I’ve read for book club or all
the books I’ve consulted on Avalon.
But I’d love to know what you do! Do you keep track of books
in a platform like Shelfari or Goodreads? Do you use a notebook and paper to
list books you’ve read in a year or by series? And how to you keep your home shelf
or shelves organized? Share with me here and I’ll give one reader a print copy
of my Texas Playmaker story, THE PERFECT CATCH. Book #2 in that series is now available - GAME ON!
I've been going over some of my first year at school blogs for kicks and giggles. It was fun going back and remembering that first class. Finding time to take two years of classes has been a challenge. Time. Frankly, I don't have much time at all. One of those early posts I talked about making time stretch. I'm still stretching my time to its well-frayed limits on a daily basis.
But I wouldn't have it any other way.
I've now had four freshman classes and I'm about to start my fifth. Yes, they've all be ceramics.
We're building a barn at our camp and I'll have my own ceramic studio before I finish my spring term ceramic class. That'll be six classes. And there's still so much to learn and experiment with. I'm thrilled that I'll have the opportunity to keep studying ceramics in my own studio. But the question is, what will I study next at school?
Hmm. I have a year to decide. Yes, I'll have a fall and spring ceramic class, but then I'm done. I'm sure I'll be blogging about the decision! LOL
If you want to read more of my adventures, you can see more Novel Freshman posts here.
School starts in a few weeks...and I can't wait for this next adventure!
Yep, my life is beyond exciting!! Stay tuned for more My Novel Freshman Experience (Someday there might be some My Novel Sophomore Experience blogs LOL), more Days of Beauty, more Family Treeing and more...well just me chatting at Hollyworld and here!
My kids are not as funny as they think. I do not have a chicken collection. A certain daughter thinks I do and has infected her siblings. So I have an ever-growing chicken population in the house. A reader even sent me the cutest chicken bowl a few weeks back...it was adorable. But I do not have a chicken collection.
So when this certain person gave me two new chicken books, and I sighed. Because I do not have a chicken collection. But then I read them. I was hooked. For years, I was the kindergarten story lady, like Pip in Carry Her Heart. I love children's literature. Love it! Still, I do not have a chicken collection.
Pull up a chair while I fix dinner! I’ve been cooking non-stop
lately, so it’s only fitting that I write my blog post while I work on tonight’s
meal. My favorite time of year to cook is September through December, so it’s
no surprise that I’ve been in the kitchen often lately. But I’m also feeding two
of my grown sons and my husband while they work on a major house renovation, so
I’m trying to pour some extra love into my cooking efforts as small way to
thank them for all the manual labor.
My future office is part of the home renovation project
Tonight, it’s soup for dinner. I’m merging a recipe for turkey
noodle soup and corn chowder so I get a turkey corn chowder. There’s bacon in
it, so that’s always a win. Plus potatoes, noodles, corn and turkey. It’s a
good post Thanksgiving meal because it puts the turkey carcass to work! I could
live on soup because I like the taste, and the chef in me appreciates a
one-dish meal.
My favorite soup recipes are for butternut squash and sweet
potato (heavy on the ginger… I love ginger!), roasted tomato soup, and a ham
and navy bean soup. I would have never imagined I’d like roasted tomato soup since
I wouldn’t go near a tomato as a kid—(so sad since my father grew mostly tomatoes
on our vegetable farm in my youth). But I’ve grown fond of tomatoes and I always
make homemade croutons for that one, which takes the soup to a whole other
level.
For tonight though, I’m working on my turkey corn chowder
and find I have to make all kinds of substitutions since I haven’t been to the
grocery store in awhile. Do you do this when you cook on the fly? No Worcestershire
sauce, so in goes some soy sauce instead. No soup noodles, so get creative with
the pasta element.
In the next few weeks, I’ll put a soup in the dinner
rotation about once a week. And it’s a good thing to balance out some of the
rich meals we’ll have all December long! Maybe that’s why I simplify my cooking
tremendously once January comes. I’m back to grilled fish and chicken, lighter vegetable
prep, and less sauces. The nice thing about living in Florida is I can cook on
the grill all year long, and I take full advantage.
Win my January book
But for now, I’m unapologetically cooking with more calories
(for my hard working laborers! They need it, right?!). My Christmas dinner goes
all out with a standing rib roast and Yorkshire pudding. If we go to a family
member’s house on Christmas Day, I’ll just rotate my own Christmas meal a day
or two, but I don’t skip the chance to make those dishes that I look forward to
all year long.
Free for a limited time
What about you? What’s on your menu most often through the
fall and into the holidays? Do you change up your menu seasonally? I’ve got an
advance copy of THE RANCHER’S BARGAIN, my January Harlequin Desire for one
random commenter. And for everyone, please download my FREE book LAST CHANCE CHRISTMAS while it’s still free through 11/29.
Susan Gable and I have done a series of videos about writing and books...and today's release, about where we set most of our books, Erie, PA. Yes, Erie is Eriesistible! It's the setting in so many of my books, but more than that...it's home! Come see why we love it so much in today's trip! You can go back and check out the first eleven videos on YouTube on my aptly named, Trippin' with Holly and Susan playlist.
We had so much fun making these videos and we'd love to have you come along...so climb in the backseat and come trippin' with us! Holly
Happy Valentine's! I hope tomorrow is a wonderful day for you. I've got a houseful here, so it's bound to be chaos...but a good chaos!
Once Upon a Valentine's is the perfect book to talk about on the day before Valentine's! This is the third and final book in my PTA Mom series. If you missed they other two, you can find them here! This is Carly's story. She's my accidental arsonist. Yes, that's a thing. And when she's partnered with an Erie cop for her community service, Sparks Fly. (I know, I know, that was bad, but I just couldn't help myself!)
What are people saying?
"An overcommitted and lovable but prickly heroine and a no-nonsense hero spar brilliantly in this sassy, tender, sometimes hilarious romance set in Jacobs's hometown of Erie, PA. Another winner from the author of Once Upon a Christmas." ~Library Journal
"After Carly burns a couch -- and the neighbor's shed -- she's court-sentenced to help steamy lawman Chuck teach fire safety classes in the schools. As things heat up with Chuck, Carly struggles to balance her responsibilities: her kids, her last semester of nursing classes and her PTA seat. And when Chuck isn't satisfied with keeping things casual, Carly gets in way over her head! Jacobs reminds readers that not having time to fall in love won't keep it from happening." ~Romantic Times BookClub
In other news, I've started my second Ceramics class. Keep an eye out for moreMy Novel Freshman Experience posts and pictures! And keep an eye on future newsletters...I have some fun giveaways and plans for the year! I was in the studio working a few weeks back, carving some clay spoons and had an idea for a short story. As my Valentine's gift to you all...it's free this week. (Those are my spoons on the cover.) You can grab a copy here...SPOONS. I posted my 'gift' on FB yesterday and a friend said that giving spoons on Valentine's was a tradition. I found it on Huffington Post... "One traditional romantic Welsh gift is a love spoon. As early as the 17th century, Welsh men carved intricate wooden spoons as a token of affection for the women they loved. Patterns and symbols were carved into these love spoons, each signifying a different meaning. A few examples include horseshoes, which stand for good luck; wheels, which symbolize support; and keys, which symbolize the keys to a man’s heart." You guessed it...I had geek glee all over the place!
That's it! Wishing you a wonderful Valentine's filled with spoons, good romance stories and lots and lots of love! Holly PS. Briar Hill Roadis out in March. I'm so in love with this cover!
Have a Holly Jolly Christmas and Chanukah, Kwanza, Winter Solstice, Happy New Year...Enjoy whatever holiday you're celebrating! Oh, I love the Hollydays...er, Hollidays...er, Holidays! I think that shows in my books. It turns out that I've written a lot of Holiday romances. Even in books that aren't precisely holiday romances, there can be a scene or two that focuses on celebrations. Why? It's not just my name!
I love writing holiday stories because of my family, friends and the fact they represent glee! If you follow me on social media you know how much I love glee! There's something about getting together with people you love and spending time.
This year, the holidays are going to be a bit different here. We're not getting a tree. We had a flood in the basement and everything from my family room down there is in the living room up here. Tomorrow the plumber is coming to install a new back-flow preventer. Then Monday, the flooring guy is coming to install a tile floor (after ripping up wet carpet, I'm not putting that down again). He's hoping to be done by midweek. Less than a week before Christmas. So no tree. But to be honest, that doesn't dim my Hollyday spirit. And my kids are part of the reason why. We all agreed as a family to forgo exchanging presents and are instead donating the money we would have spent to an orphanage. As every one of my kids said they had everything they needed and gave gleefully gave up their gifts to give to others...well, I don't need a tree. I don't need anything like that. My kids are more of a shiny symbol of the season than any tree could be. Yes. I love the holidays and have written a lot of holiday stories. And my family is one of the biggest reasons I believe in and write about the holiday spirit! Whatever holiday you celebrate, may it be filled with family, friends and the holiday spirit! Holly
A flying visit between hospital visits - the dh is not well - to wish you all the very happiest Christmas and a peaceful New Year
In the spirit of the season I'm tossing out all these books that are on special holiday bargains offers at the moments. Wild Fire and
Eloping With Emmy are just 99c in the US and For His Eyes Only is just $1.99 in the US.
I can't believe another year has flown by yet again. I'll be an empty nester this time next year if
everything goes as planned. My daughter's senior year is rolling by at the speed of light along with everything else. My mom moved in with me and then moved back out into her own place where she'd been waiting to be approved for an apartment. Plus, I released two books this years!
Life leaves us little room to choose our level of busyness. Mine has been non-stop for a couple years now. But there's a lot to look forward to as well. I'm excited to see what college life brings for my third child in the coming months. I will miss her terribly, but I'm so excited for her next steps toward adulthood and independence. I know, ask me again in May and see what I have to say then. I might be sobbing my eyes out.
I'm writing, editing, and making career decisions right now as well. I should have books coming out next year. I'll keep you posted on that. Hopefully I'll have details coming soon.
So, in the meantime, I'm promoting Christmas, Alabamaat book signings and on social media. So far the reviews are great!
I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a lovely holiday season!!
I’ve started Christmas shopping this week and that means
hitting the bookstore. Long before I sold my first book, I enjoyed giving books
as gifts. So much so, I think friends come to expect that from me—I am the
giver of books. It’s a pleasure to share that perfect story you think will
really capture a friend’s heart or imagination.
That goes doubly so for kids. I remember so keenly how
wonderful it was to discover the magic of reading independently as a child, and
I always hope that giving the gift of a book will open that gateway for a child.
Do you remember the first books that really made an impression on you as a
child?
Here in no particular order, are some of the books that
really had a strong impact for me as a kid:
1-Black Beauty- this was the first time I recall
sobbing while reading. And I had the experience of thinking- it’s crazy to
realize I’m sitting safely in my bed, in my pjs, and crying so hard for the hurts
of a fictional horse. That was really powerful for me, as I had my first taste
of the way books teach us empathy.
2-Miss Piggy’s Guide to Life- a book that spoofs
the diva life and made me smile
3-Nancy Drew- I owned about half of them and read
all of them. I shared my collection with a friend down the street and vice
versa. This series made me realize how much fun it is to share characters and
story,lines. Books make for fun conversation.
4-The Ghost of Windy Hill- this book kicked off my
long love of ghost stories and the paranormal, even though this one isn’t particularly
spooky. Very atmospheric!
5-When We
Were Very Young- this book of poetry by A.A. Milne was the first introduction to
poems I read on my own—sweetly memorable.
6-Stories from a Snowy Meadow – Anyone else
remember Mole, Mouse, Shrew and Vole? I liked the emphasis on an older character,
and the idea that storyteller Vole could be so important to the next
generation. No surprise that I like a storyteller as hero!
7-Snoopy and “It Was a Dark and Stormy Night” –Snoopy
writes a book and has a book signing. I loved this book so much and have thought
of it often over the years in my career as a writer, since Snoopy gets writer’s
block, has big ideas, and even feels the pain of a book signing where no one shows
up. The perfect book for a young writer.
My January 2018 McNeill story
What about you? Any memorable books from your youth? Or any
books that your eager to buy for the young readers in your life? Share with me
this week and I’ll give one random poster an advance copy of Claiming HisSecret Heir, my January 2018 Harlequin Desire! In the meantime, please be on the look out for His Pregnant Secretary, my December story, in stores December 5th.
