Great to have the novel out the door! Now, to dig out from under the pile of stuff that has been accumulating: back to Spa Lady, helping edit kids’ essays, cleaning the house, getting ready for the trip to Europe (next novel: WWII), and a bunch of volunteer work. Not to mention the fact that I want to submit at least one short story and look at 2 finished/partly finished novels (making use of what I learned from Sam on the last one), apply for 2 grants, and plot the WWII novel–I want to have it done before I go on the trip so I can focus my research; of course, in the planning stage it is still all flexible in case I get inspirational surprises in Normandy.