Yeah, took a few sickdays away from my blog. I just see no need to send more pain and suffering out into the universe. I'll keep it to myself, thanks. Maybe the universe will do the same for me. It's a karma thing.

Anyway....

Books: Haven't had much more time to work on my chapters. Been working on a user manual instead. Turned in the second draft today. Hope it meets or exceeds expectations. I haven't decided if writing user manuals helps or hurts my fiction. It definitely takes time away, but it pays the bills and possibly(?) helps me write in a more clear, straightforward way when I do have time to spend on fiction. Here's being optimistic, anyway. (Did you know writing things down about your life makes them more likely to occur? Even if you never read it again, somehow your brain gets the message that this thing is important. Curious, how powerful writing can be - and what blogging must be doing to all these blogger's lives. How's that for a tangent?)