Writer's Gratitude List

I didn't post the last week or so because I've been in a funk, wrestling with a book that just hasn't been cooperating. I've been making the horrible, dreadful discovery that I need to become more of a "pantser" (a notion that has the control-freak plotter in me hiding deep in the trenches and preparing for siege.)  Some other stuff wasn't going well, and I started to realize that it's like the old adage:  "When Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy."  Well, when my writing's not happy…

So a...