Hello and Happy Holidays for those who celebrate,

Just an early note; are you writing? I am and it feels wonderful, I hope to have at least the first draft of my book down and done for the holidays, I just have to keep at it and make it happen. Writing is always work but what makes it good work—if you’re lucky, blessed—are a number of things: you’re writing a story you love, it surprises and excites you while you’re getting the words done and you can’t wait to get to the next page to see what happens next; knowing those pages—sometimes good other times awful to be discarded later—are just part of the process of creating five pages, ten, fifty, one-hundred, a novel; and finally in the end a work that is complete and you still feel wonderful about it.

May you write many good novels , many good stories,

If you have any comments or suggestions please e-mail me at my new address: shabazzl@adasbcc.org.

Until next time, God willing,

Lori