Hi, folks. So Jason asked me to step in on his blog to discuss the writing process. That's all the guidance he gives me, right? The writing process. Could he have been any vaguer? Then he runs off to La Grange—not inviting me and Alex—and leaves me alone to it. To come up with the topic as well as the verbiage. But that's published authors for you.

So tonight I'm sitting at home, staring at an empty page, knowing there are at least five different writing projects I could be working on in...