Where have I been? Great Question. My poor blog, stories and loyal readers have all felt abandoned. And, that is right for them to feel that way. I am sorry.
What happened? Real Life.
Financial concerns suddenly weighed heavier than anything. While, like many, I have written for years and shared selected pieces with others, I also keep much of my personal life private. While I write for fun, I have always wondered if anyone would actually pay for things I had written. Circumstance forced me to test the waters and frankly I was surprised by the way my pieces have been received. This caused me to refocus my time and efforts to take advantage of the interest. Therefore over the last 5 months I have been heavily focused on writing and finishing a number of stories I had worked on and not published. It was necessary to firmly test the reading interest and to have a quality product to publish since I had no interest in a poorly written piece of junk.