PROGRESS REPORT ON "LIGHT"

I have just signed the final draft of my contract with Oxford for my new book. How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice. Publication is a certainty now, but it will take many months to arrive as an actual book. It has been my only writing project for seven years; the fact of the contract is a dream come true. Many of you who have written with me in workshops and retreats over the past seven years have listened to bits and pieces and given me encouragement, and quite a few of you have read drafts of chapters, given me feedback, found my glitches and rough spots, and companioned me in its creation. That is how it ought to be.  I often think of a good workshop as a quilting bee – a group of people sitting in a circle, stitching together a work of art. This is the simple truth: I could never have done this book without you.