As Gertrude Stein said, “Silent gratitude isn’t much use to anybody.” So I wanted to take a quick moment to thank all my friends, family, and strangers from the Blogosphere for sending your lovely comments about my essays. THANK YOU!

Here’s a little payback for my writer friends: I discovered a writer blog by an Austin YA author, Brian Yansky. Very inspirational. Check it out! (The connection: I was getting ready to teach my Zumba class last week when one of my members, who knew I was a writer, asked if I knew her brother-in-law. Now I do! Can’t wait to meet him at an Austin SCBWI event. He sounds fascinating!

Now, I’m off to write another 2,000 words or so on a novel — and maybe another essay? I had an idea this morning… right after the dream where the aliens had me trapped in an old Victorian-style house, and they were trying to convince me that I really wouldn’t mind acting as one of their mindless Hosts. It’s amazing how effective my dream dead-bolts were against those aliens…