On the Road

I am in Alexandria, Virginia as I type this.  I'm here with my husband, youngest son, and his wife.  Together (along with the kids' dog Hobbes) we plan to check out Washington DC for the next few days.

This is primarily a fun trip, though I might indulge in a little research in case I ever want to set a story in this area.  Today we explored Old Town in Alexandria, visiting a number of shops.

Tomorrow we'll head to DC proper.  I will try to post stuff as we go, but I might do a column on the trip so I will hold back some details for that.

Stay tuned!

A clean office!!

With the help of my son James my office is now cleaned up and looks better than it has in months.  For example, the chairs in it do NOT have stuff piled in them, and you can actually see the floor. 

We wound up throwing away a lot of stuff and I'm hoping this rush of organization lasts for a while.  I have said my office was hard to work in - I often pack up the laptop and head out to a local coffee shop to type.  My son assures me that with this done it should be easier to actually be productive at home.

I'm going to try out a new work schedule as well to see if I can put in more hours in the business of writing.  Not just writing (though I really do need to spend more time on that) but also in uploading stories and sending things out to publishers.  I have sadly fallen behind in all these areas over the past couple of months. 

So let's hope a clean office means a lot more work getting done!