It has been something of a couple of weeks. I delivered a stack of novels to the Southern California Writers Conference today. On Sunday, I am conducting a workshop on effectively using dialect in stories, and then giving the closing keynote speech.
I am so very grateful. I looked at that box of novels and thought, “OMG, that’s my dream, right there.” And it feels better than I imagined it would feel. I did it. I’m a published novelist. 
And now, this Sunday, to be speaking in front of others writers to talk about craft and vision…