Back from LA...

My trip to LA was phenomenal! I was invited down to join a writers group filled with the most amazing, accomplished writers- my head is still spinning!

Now that I'm home I feel like I left a part of myself there. It's almost like I found my "tribe", warm, sincere people who center their lives around what they create... and I had to turn around and leave them. :( It's agonizing really!

I got the best guidance of my whole writer's existence in a matter of one meeting! "Guera" and "Cherryland" are the same book! I've been writing two books for months not realizing I'd been writing one! The clouds have parted and light is shining through... and I can finally get back to work! There is nothing more valuable than honest criticism.

I wish I could go every month! These women are MUSES!

Oh, the perils (& joys) of being a broke & starving artist!