Wow, it’s been quite a year. And nearly that long since my last post!

In case anyone was wondering why all the radio silence since January, it’s because I broke my ankle in February and let lots of stuff fall by the wayside. The blog is always the first thing to go, procrastination-wise. During recovery, I mostly worked the day job on my laptop and watched TV at night, all from the comfort (or sometimes discomfort) of my living room couch.

But I made it to DragonCon, thankfully, where (two weekends ago) I thoroughly enjoyed participating in panel discussions with other speakers for the Alternative and Historical Fiction track! If you ever get a chance, check them out. Their panels are incredibly educational, with lots of history and truth-is-stranger-than-fiction tidbits.

If you’ve never been to DragonCon, it’s a convention that has something for everyone, whether you want to see any of the many guests speak, get celeb autographs, buy cool stuff in the dealer room, go to a dance or concert, or just hang at one of the convention hotel lobbies or atriums and costume watch. There’s so much more to do than that, of course, but I have to stop somewhere.

This year I kept it light and chilled in the room a lot to read, watch movies, and let my poor ankle recover from all the walking. But I still managed to do panels for two fun days, show up for the Fallout photoshoot in a Tunnel Snakes jacket, eat at High Velocity twice and Sear once (where we finally got the Marriott carpet cake), check out the dealer room, and catch a really great indie-filmmaking panel on the last day. I’m definitely going to try to catch more film panels next year.

In beyond-DragonCon news, I’m writing a new trivia book that has to do with a motorsport, working on a draft of a novella with our nephews, finishing up a collection of horror stories, working on a script, and juggling a few other projects. Gotta make up for lost time. Thank goodness for Scrivener and my Reminders app.

Here’s a random writing tip: If you are having trouble making headway on a writing project, just try to write one sentence a day. Sometimes that’s all you’ll get. Sometimes you’ll keep writing. But in either case, you’re moving forward.

Happy writing, reading, and recovering from whatever ails you!