From the book fair on Friday night to my presentation Sunday morning (sandwiched around my efforts on a 48-hour flash fiction contest), I had a wonderful weekend surrounded by books, writers, and the people who love them. Thank you to everyone who participated — and especially those who bought copies of my books, giving me an excuse to use my newly purchased pen!

Was thrilled with the turnout and reception to my talk at PNWA and can’t wait to return next year.

It’s been a heck of a week since getting home from Japan last Sunday. A week spent waking up at all hours of the night due to work thoughts and jet-lag. A week spent building and revising a 90-minute presentation. A week spent pretending to not care how I placed in the first round of the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction contest. The results arrived Wednesday night.

“Tanuki’s Dream Salon” placed 3rd in my group, thus opening the valve on my competitive juices.

I submitted my second contest entry last night, ten minutes before deadline, with an entirely new title and ending than those that existed an hour earlier. I’ll share “Replacement Cost” with you soon. The top five highest combined scores from the first two challenges advance to Round 3. Pencils crossed.

Apologies for the short blog post, but I took one look at my list of blog topics and realized I currently haven’t the energy to tackle any of them. Not today. For now, I have a wealth of email to get through, a book I want to finish reading, and a novel to reacquaint myself with. More coming soon.

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