“Wow, it’s been a while! What have you been up to?”

“And are you still writing?”

The short answer is yes! The past year has been a remarkably productive writing year for someone with no additional publication credits. I’m still working on my MG novel (the potion heist is on pause for a little while so that I can return to it with fresh energy), but most of my writing has been on other, shorter projects: poetry, bad prose sequels (for fun and birthdays), and an opera libretto! I started writing the libretto for a child-friendly fantasy opera in March (think of it as a silly sequel to A Midsummer Night’s Dream), finished a first draft in April, took some time to find a composer with whom to collaborate, and am now happily in the process of workshopping revisions with the talented Jonathan Gilbert (who, despite the particularly good name for a librettist, is a composer). I’m very excited to hear my songs come to life!

And also to finish the MG novel, which I’ve promised myself (and my daughter) I’m going to do before New Year’s. See me go!