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It’s been a rough couple of weeks.

To make a very long story short, someone in my family had a health emergency so I’ve been out of town to help out. It’s been both exhausting and not: the waiting for test results, the not knowing, and the worrying was tiring, but with no ability to plan beyond the next hospital visit I fell into a very simple schedule of just doing what needed to be done. Living very much in the moment, though it was a harsh moment.

Though the crisis is past, [crossing fingers, toes, and everything else in the hopes that this stays true] I’m left mentally and emotionally deflated.  I’ve not written, really – maybe a bit of pecking on the short story. The last thing I did before all of this was submit to Pitchwars and while I look forward to learning whether I’m selected or not it’s not as huge a concern as my family member’s health.

So I’m catching up on craft reading. Just completed Take Off Your Pants and am proceeding to…not sure yet. Maybe this blog series about the MICE quotient? ‘Cos I can still train my brain even if my creativity is  in the basement and digging.