I don’t have much to say about being an author these days. I am working on a second novel that will take about five million years to complete and have taken a break from marketing ye olde BreakupBabe lately. In the quarterly “royalty” statements I receive, however, the number of books sold appears to be going down drastically with every passing month so I think it will soon be in the negative numbers. At least it is still selling well enough on Amazon that it hasn’t been discontinued! (Thank God for the “Long Tail.”)

Ignoring that frightening fact, check out my article about Mount Rainier that just came out today - and no that grammatical error/typo in the second paragraph is not mine! Grr. That grouse aside, I do love writing for the PI because they don’t edit my articles heavily. Having recently experienced some very heavyhanded editing, I appreciate the light touch more than ever because of course my writing is of course PERFECT when it comes out the gate! (Kidding all you editors out there.)

In other writing news, I will soon be teaching an online blogging class for the Editorial Freelancer’s Association - which means you can participate even if you don’t live in Seattle!

In still more — completely unrelated — news, this story about a playful dolphin who saved two beached whales made me cry my eyes out when I was in a particularly hormonal mood yesterday.

Finally, for more of my recent blogging, see SparklySparkly or the Mount Rainier Climbing blog.