Writing Again

My daughter at "Dismal Pool" in the White Mountains.

This photo is a strange choice for the first day of December, isn't it? But it's perfect for the new novel I'm working on, which is set in the summer in New Hampshire. So I've been looking at summer photos and thinking summer thoughts this week. There's a surrealness to describing my main character's flip-flops while I'm wearing boots, though. :-)

It's wonderful to be working on my new novel again--everything feels different when I step into my little writing house. It's like being someone new. I breathe different air.

Still, a novel is a complicated experience, full of joys and worries. As I end every novel, I think, "I don't think I'll be able to do this again." But I started this morning with a nice reminder that I have done this twice before. I found out that Touch Blue made next year's Arizona Grand Canyon Readers Award list. What a nice way to start December.