Week Twelve: When I decided to burn the candle at both ends...

 

Well, I have no idea what to do with this, but it turns out to be an eerily relevant prompt for me right now!

Thank you for sticking with the blog through my haitus (and if you didn't, well... screw you). I was neck deep in the research and writing of a nonfiction book for Hallmark. I've done a few of these before (here's one; they presently go from 40 to 70) but never when I also had a full-time job, a part-time job, a girlfriend, and a blog.

"Roasting the candle" would perhaps be an apt description of the experience. But I survived! The rough draft is with my editor, I gave my two-week notice at my part-time job, and now I'm yours all yours. (My girlfriend may have some claim... I will check and then get back to you.) 

I'm still buzzing from the surprise of one of my short plays being chosen for this summer's Hovey Summer Shorts Festival. I was truly overwhelmed by the response I got from Week Five's story, but this felt like I must really be on to something with the blog.

And so I'm going to start making it a priority not only to churn through one of these prompts every week, but also to be constantly revising and submitting the work as we go. Stay tuned...!

But for now, we return to the blank page. What to write?