Growf!

I haven't written anything in a week, because I've been in DC catching up with many, many friends. (As my buddy Steph says, you can NEVER have too many friends.) It was stressful to try and see as many as possible, and it meant that there was pretty much no time for reflection, let alone composition, for the entire week.

I'm back in beautiful Milford, though, and there's something in the air or the water or the earth here that fosters creativity. So I'm hoping that once I've slept a bit, my word rate will go back up.

Meanwhile, I have a few stories out to various markets, and I'm (rather unrealistically) on edge, waiting in case they decide to respond more quickly than they said they would....