Coffee?

Coffee.

Two queries out to two excellent agents. Finished chapter sixteen of the new book and reviewed it with my critique partner. Edited some of my shelved MS and realized it could be a winner if I simplified it. Spent time talking marketing with some bookish colleagues. Started The Magic Mountain by Mann. Plugged away at Nona the Ninth. Started a "To Read Next" list.

Living the life, team. Living the life.

plant a new tree where the old one stood
let the life that thrived among the roots of the fallen embrace those of the newly born
tell its stories, share its dreams,
memories of storms and winds and gentle rains and lovers and lonely visitors

then look ahead with hope and back with thanks

it was written in the ban: that which is broken cannot be remade, but can, with patience, be renewed

Hey writers - what sort of music do you play in the background when you write?

Me: roots reggae