Hello all,
I opened up Scrivener today and read a bit of Rarity. Then I started to write. I haven't written anything since before my dad died in June. Between dealing with that grief, which is ongoing, being the executor of his messy estate, and starting a new job teaching classes I never had before, I had zero time. And really zero inclination, which really hurts me. Creative people need to express themselves, whether their works are "worthy" of sharing or not.
I'll take writing again as one of the little blessings of COVID-19. My boys' sports are cancelled. I don't have to commute to either campus, so a lot of time is saved that way, as well. I have excellent TA's to help me. The boys' schoolwork is not too time intensive for my husband or me so far. So other than with my new responsibilities with COVID-19 working groups and studying up on my intensive care medicine and ACLS in case I am called to work in the hospital, I actually have time to write!
So, I wanted to let you guys know that I am here. You and Lora have not been forgotten. I don't know how long it will take to finish this book, but it will be done-- and faster than it takes GRRM to publish successive volumes of A Song of Ice and Fire.
Please stay safe and be well.
Andrea.
