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On being hard at work
So I promised myself that I wouldn’t overschedule my time this summer, because I wanted to have plenty of opportunity to finish a handful of creative projects I’ve been working on since forever. This is how I thought it would go: But if you have been following along, you know that it has gone…
Update: Jessica is recovering
I know many of you have been looking at the calendar, and I wanted to give a brief update about Jessica’s condition. The surgery went well, and she is out of the ICU and in a regular med/surg bed at the hosptial. She has been eating chicken strips and french fries and drinking as much…
On how I feel about deadlines
Don’t get me wrong, I love my work. I just wish people didn’t need it on their timetable instead of mine, which would include a nice leisurely lunch and perhaps a little nap. ### Dojo Wisdom for Writers, second edition, now available on Amazon in print and ebook! (Nook and other ebook versions here) Catch…
On dreams I wish I didn’t have
The other night I had a dream that Jessica was lost, and though I kept calling for her, I knew she was never coming back. I hate this dream. Sometimes it goes away for a while, but it is never gone. In a few weeks Jessica undergoes more testing. In February when we scheduled the…
Tuesday Trivia
If you haven’t already signed up for my newsletter, please do so in that place there on the upper right. I have a newsletter going out soon, and you never know, there may be free things in it. Also, more Conversations with Jessica! And the Facebook page for Conversations with Jessica could use a little…
A Thanksgiving Story
(An update to my annual Thanksgiving post) I love Thanksgiving, which I think is the most underrated holiday in the year. It got eaten by Christmas about twenty years ago, so people are already stressed about what’s going to go under the tree when they haven’t even had their annual allotment of pumpkin pie yet. I…



