Very, very happy to be back. Thank you muchly, hamsters et al.
I've been writing like a sonofagun. Volume #1 is, for the umpteenth time, destroyed and under reconstruction. #2 is pretty good, I think, but under writers' group scrutiny. #3, I like, and #4 is close-ish to being done (assuming another writers' group doesn't find what writers' groups are supposed to find). I've published one short and won one contest, but it's a third prize, and to win it, I had to sign a contract, meaning that story will never see the light of publication. Warning, boys and girls, if you enter a contest, make sure the rules say ALL winners will be published.
And did I say how very glad I am to see you all back on AW?