For those of you who have been following me for more than a year, you may have noticed that I post the same update at the same time of year. As you may know, I am a practicing physician (one of many reasons I write so slowly), and as a requirement to keep practicing, I have to earn continuing medical education credits. I get the vast majority of mine at a yearly conference. For four days, I have essentially no other responsibilities, so I spend my time in a lecture hall with one ear open to new medical stuff and my hands furiously typing. I'm here right now, in fact. In less than four hours, I've written about 2,000 words for your favorite heroine, Lora Fletcher. I've refamiliarized myself with her life and the life of her friends. I've reacquainted myself with how I want her life to go for the next 15 or so chapters. I'll be posting some updates and excerpts as I go. I hope you enjoy what I have planned!!
For those of you who are concerned that I'm doing my patients a disservice with my half-listening. This is preferable to falling asleep in these dry lectures, which I have done before I got back into writing. I have powerpoints for reference from nearly all the presenters. And if it's something I really want to know or if the speaker is particularly engaging, I stop writing. Someday I will stop practicing medicine, but I hope I will never stop writing! Also, typing keeps my fingers warm. I have RA and with the frigid temperatures in this place, I need to keep them from locking up. So, win win :)
