I've been neglecting my blog, I know it.

I've been working on revising the first chapters of my completed novel. It's getting a little complicated as I'm splitting some chapters in half and will have to come up with a bunch of new chapter titles (titles are my weak point) and renumber everything all the way back to chapter 10. But the revising itself is actually enjoyable. I'm so happy to be able to improve my first full-scale fiction -- I was feeling a little glum about it for awhile, because the things I've done more recently seemed so much better, and I just couldn't see how I was ever going to fix my older, clumsier stuff.

I've had a lot of great advice from a couple of fellow writers, and that's made all the difference.

My husband is still very ill, and I'm trying to cope with that too. Partly I try to escape it by writing, I suppose.

And I'm now a step-granny! Oldest stepdaughter and her husband had their first baby last Friday -- a boy, named Nolan, after his maternal great-grandpa. We've seen the pictures on their blog, and he's a typical baby -- too cute for words. I can't wait to meet him.

And summer creeps on. I need to buy a new lawn mower. I hate having to think about things like that.

When I've become somewhat satisfied with my revisions, I'll get back to creating new stuff, and I'll post it. Meantime, I'll just check in now and then with the mundane.