The writing’s been going well this week, but Saturday morning found me oddly out of sorts. Got up late and when I settled down to write, the mind wouldn’t focus and I found myself staring at the blinking cursor, my mind a complete bank. Part of it was the fact the weather was steamy and, as Cole Porter so eloquently put it, too darn hot. But another part...

I always try to do goals on Monday mornings, get a handle on where I’m going for the week. Of late, my efforts have been…less than successful, so I’m going to try a slightly different approach and focus on three goals this week: 1) Decide what my NaNoWriMo project is and at least map beginning, middle, crisis and resolution. I’ve got several...