I have been busy. The New Year is full of writing and I’m in a good place mentally about it, and about life in general. That wonderful focus I got at the beginning of the year hasn’t left me yet. If I could feel like this all the time, I wouldn’t have any problems with my career.

Here’s a run down of what I’ve been doing:

1. I have finished one major project and am having readers look at it.
2. I am making significant progress with another major project that has been kicking around in my head for a long time.
3. I have a lot of deadlines to fulfill.
4. I’m preparing for the Word Pirates reading on February 8.
5. I’m working on the Petaluma blog.
6. I’m pitching for new articles to write.
7. I’m organizing my documents, submission tracker, life, et. all.
8. I’m reading a lot… I mean a lot.

So that’s why I haven’t been posting. Also, I really wanted to post a video on here yesterday, but YouTube/Word Press won’t let me. I have no idea why and it makes me sad.

Regardless, you should check out this YouTube video of writer Margaret Atwood talking about myths and religion. I agree with her about human nature being the same throughout time. We have a tendancy to look down at people in the past as though they are stupider than us, but in reality, I think they were just like we are today. As she says, just look at the myths–our desires, our fears, our dreams are the same now as they have always been. That goes for all humans, everywhere. It is maybe the very thing that makes us human to begin with.