Well, my sleep has been improving slowly but surely. Not as tired now. I'm really excited about Friday for a couple of reasons; one that I'll share. On Friday I will submit my entry for the =RawEm0tion Contest, "Five Times One Thousand" (see [link]). I was pretty happy about it when I wrote it the other night. I usually abstain from fixed pieces, but hey. Occasionally we all wander from the beaten path. I don't care if you're Judge Judy or Casey Anthony.

One of these days I'm going to have to get my desktop setup, even if just temporarily. Before I took it down, I didn't grab a lot of my more recent writing on there, which is unfortunate. I have a number of things... something for a RE "quest", even a prose piece. I'm not in a big hurry now though, really. It's kind of nice to not have a computer running 24/7. I've been reading a lot as a consequence, and it's been nice. In the coming days I'm going to "brief" myself on my novel (get reacquainted with the plot and such) and start back at it. It's a goal of mine to finish before the end of summer.

Another goal is to write a damned cover letter and send out some things for publication. I've got a lot of time in the coming months, yeah. Just trying to stay busy, and hopefully accomplish some things that have been hanging in the air for a while. Started working out again, great fun.

For all of my fellow writers out there, check out the second annual "Six Word Contest" if you don't already know about it. Here's the [link] I'm planning on entering myself, the largest obstacle at present is the need for an illustration. I have something in mind, but I'll have to extend my resourcefulness and hopefully emerge with something that has a shred of meaning. We'll see how it goes.

Otherwise, I just wanted to say thanks to the people who have been watching, fav'ing, and commenting lately. It's been happening more often than I've seen in the past five years, and sometimes when I'm not expecting it to. So... thanks. I appreciate it.

Keeping track: 1,103+
(Pages read since summer break began).