I'm baack! Back to the land of the living, mostly. Thanks to chats with friends (you know who you are), and some last-minute attention to various commitments and deadlines.
     I've had a good mental vacation, and am ready for the home stretch in getting our next book out. Sent the final review draft out today. Have to get the first proof ordered by the end of the week.
Not a lot of energy for writing, as I'm mostly in editing/production mode. But once this is put to bed, I'm sure I'll be back to writing more. Well, it's late, but I just wanted to say hi. -- Len

     Yeah, the headline is somewhat overstated and dramatic. But, it seemed like I was locked to my TV for a good portion of the last few weeks. 107 episodes of an unnamed series. It's amazing that I also went to work, attended a funeral, spent some time working on our next book, helping Tina with her next book and a few other things. 
     OK, I have occasional bouts of addictive behavior complicated by symptoms of major resistance and mild depression - self diagnosis. Anyway, maybe the worst is over - at least the TV series is over.
     Going to get this book finalized this week! 

     And here I was thinking I had an original thought. When I went to Google Images, there it was! Oh well. At least there weren't a LOT of them.
     Anyway, here I am back at the blog. So, what's going on? Here's a bit of grandad-type sort-of-bragging. My granddaughter, Trish, age 9, watches quite a bit of YouTube. Now she wants to produce YouTube videos. 

     Sometimes--not too often thankfully--I just feel like hiding. So, no blog posts in a few days, and lots of solo TV. 
     Not very productive, but at least I do still go to work and get things done there.
     Hopefully, will come out of this funk soon. I do have some writing projects that need to get done.

Art by John Ritter

     Since a number of my readers are writers, potential writers or have expressed an interest in writing, I thought I'd share this image that I ran across today. Obviously, a page a day doesn't sound like much, but it would result in 365 pages in a year's time.
     Whatever type of writing you do, whether fiction or non-fiction or business writing, or perhaps writing an email, sometimes it seems like the hardest thing is to just sit down and do it. Even when it feels like there is no desire or inspiration. 
     I find that when I sit down and really intend to write, something always gets expressed. It's not always great writing. Sometimes its not something I even want to share or publish. Yet, writing as a habit has its own reward. And the good stuff eventually comes.
     There are many, many reasons to write. All good, valid reasons. Self-expression, curiosity, therapeutic, social or political commentary or activism, or a simple desire to share our experiences and maybe some wisdom that we have gained.
     Let me encourage you to write. Write your heart out. Write what you feel or believe. Everyone has something unique to share, a story that is there's alone, yet that may have a positive impact on others. Just do it! And if you can't think of anything else to do with it, send it to me!