So far, 2013 has been a more produc­tive year than the partial disaster of 2012. I have finished and submitted Cast in Sorrow, which, given the exis­tence of a cover and a publi­ca­tion schedule, is a good thing. It’s not — I know this will come as a great surprise to all of you — short. I have finished, but not submitted, Touch, the book that broke my writing schedule for, in retro­spect, not very good reasons. I am in a state of perpetual revi­sion there, but I have committed to finishing and submit­ting it by the end of April. This April. I will reit­erate the one thing that I’ve been forcibly retaught: do not attempt to break your own process. Every­one’s process is indi­vidual; no two writers work the same way. Some­times, attempting to … Continue reading →