SILENCE

I know I've been absent. I haven't been replying to my commenters, or reading my favorite blogs, or interacting much online at all. I haven't disappeared, though. I'm still here. And I plan to catch up on the blog posts that are filling up my inbox, and continue responding to my lovely commenters when I can.

You see, I've just been so busy WRITING lately. My goal is to have the rough draft of this new book I'm working on completely finished by August 24th. I've taken a few weeks off this summer for various vacation-y type things, and so I've been spending every free moment writing furiously. I've surpassed the 100,000-word mark (this past Sunday).

When I'm not writing, I'm involved in the busy joy that is caring for the two sweetest little girls in the world (Leiana, age 4, and Nathalie, age 16 months).

Juggling these two jobs doesn't leave me much time to be online. (Not that that's a bad thing). But I did want to let you know, dear reader, that I still care about you. I read your comments and appreciate them. I fully intend to return to reading your blog posts and leaving you comments. I'm just at an extremely busy moment in my life right now, with very little "free" time. Please bear with me?