I am on the last arc of TOUCH now, and it is going much, much better — thank you all for your words of both support and encour­age­ment. On the other hand, I am so far behind in every­thing by this point that I expect 2013 to be…hectic. I try not to angst too much on-line, because in the end, it’s not entirely rele­vant to the finished novel. Ten years from now – or maybe twenty – I won’t actu­ally remember which parts of any given book gave me ulcers and made me grind my teeth to crowns; the frus­tra­tion, the doubt, and the rewriting, are wed to the process. On the other hand, I was also happy to know that people who are writing found the post encour­aging.  … Continue reading →