A finished manuscript, a new Google+ discussion, and an upcoming online class

We interrupt this long blogging hiatus to bring you three pieces of important news:

First, my friends, as of this morning, the book is turned in! Figh fives all around. Christina and I have worked really hard, and I wish you could see what we’ve created right freaking now. But of course, our baby still has a long road ahead.

The second piece of news is related – since I’ve had this deadline on the brain for weeks now, I thought the whole subject of creativity and deadlines would be a fun one to kick around on Google+ this week. Are deadlines good for your creativity, or hard on it? When faced with a creative deadline, do you work better by planning ahead, or waiting until the last minute? Feel free to pop over there and join the conversation!

…And lastly, a heads-up for the indie-publishing-minded: the next session of my online class, Write, Publish & Sell Your Crafty Ebook, begins on July 16. Follow the link for all the details and registration. I’d love to have you join us!


With that, I shall go back to apologizing to the cat for having been so inattentive to his needs over the past two weeks. I’m really in the doghouse right now! Heh.