Sunday, April 29, 2007
Hope, sadness, inspiration.
So a lot happened since October 2006.
- An invite to send the first pages of thirty pages of Harry Flash to Bleak House Books. (I didn't more later.)
- The diagnosis, and less than six months later the death from cancer of my ex-wife. My kids, all adult age, are devastated. She was my eye on them in England and I miss her updates and take on life. So sad, at 58 years of age who can possibly be ready to face death?
- That six months of trips back to the UK to do what I could both during and after the illness blew my writing spirit and taught me the value of family.
- Naturalization, fingerprints, interviews and soon an oath of allegiance.
- My US family visit.
- More articles for Lincoln Journal in first four months of 2007 than in last six of 2006. I expect that to slow now they have a new editor, but hey, it was sure fun getting a regular check and expanding the scope.
- Meeting and learning from great authors including Peter Abrahams and NPR's Bill Littlefield.
- A new focus - how hard can it be to get published beyond newsletters and local newspapers?
