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Happy belated birthday, oh wise yarn woman.

I'll call it "fairly well" because I can't think of an accurate way to describe my process. I got to 50k words in the book and, about a month ago, stalled the fuck out. I have no idea if the narrative is coherent, or if the characters make any sense, or anything. I also think I might be about 1/3 of the way through the book, which is alarming. So I'm taking time off, writing short stories and just trying to clear my mind. Next week I'm going to World Fantasy Con in Austin, where I will eat grits and get drunk with editors and agents and pray to god I don't get too drunk and make a fool of myself in front of the people who could well change my career. And then I will come home, read the book and then start working on it again. Or not.

But yeah, it's good to be back.