I know I've been ignoring my LJ for a while, and I kept meaning to post an update on things and say hello to everyone after being MIA for a couple weeks. Okay, three weeks. No? Surely no longer than a month, right?

*gulp*

2 1/2 months? Seriously? Wow.

You all must have thought I'd fallen off the face of the earth. Maybe even the backside. 

So I apologize for my absence, but speaking of backsides...I recently started law school. *g*

Which explains why I haven't been around much, though I have continued to read my f'list so don't think your shenanigans have gone unnoticed, ;)

So it's been a time problem. It's been interesting adjusting and ironing out a schedule that works for me, but I've finally managed it--er, mostly--and I won't say I'll have more time in the future (b/c where in the world would I get that from?) but rather that I'll be using my time more efficiently and will be able to do things like say hello on here and share writing updates.

Speaking of writing...

Well. I hate to report that spring and summer were very hit and miss for me in terms of writing. I was struggling with what was, at the time, a devastating illness in my family. In August, that prognosis changed, a miracle in a way, and things have been looking up since then. I started feeling the urge to write more and more, until it once again became a daily craving. 

Now it's just eking out time to write amidst the craziness, but I actually think I'm more productive now than I was when I had all day to write. Is that backwards, or what?

So while I have no official news right now, I'm cleaning up a few WiPs so I can finally--finally!--submit them. Um, after midterms of course. *g* And I'm hoping for good news on a current submission--but I'll keep you posted, I promise. :)

Oh, and I have an official release date for the ebook edition of Seeing You: 2/23/10 from Samhain Publishing.

(You can still pick up the print anthology of Studs & Spurs, which includes Seeing You, from MLR Press here or here.)