I’m so busy these days churning out my actual writing that I don’t get to spend as much time on the blog as I wish I could. And that’s a shame, because I always envisioned it as the chief portal by which all of you out there might interact with me. Right now, for example, I’m killing myself on Beacon- Part VIII. It’s the conclusion, it’s going to be as good as I can make it, and I’m 32,000 words deep into it already. While it’s flowing so well, my priority hasn’t been on updating the blog.

And then, of course, sometimes I can’t get to the blog to post any sort of update because life decides to intervene. And that’s exactly what happened in June. My family went through an experience so surreal that it just deserves a note dropped into the electronic ether. Read the rest of this entry →