Hi! I'm alive!
Let me start by apologizing for missing not one, but two newsletters. I'd better have a good excuse, right? And I totally do. Obviously. Duh.
*awkward shuffling*
Okay, fine. I'm just bad at managing my time. I mean, yes, we've been busy with travel and hosting friends. I've still been slogging through the job search, and also, you know, trying to finish this novel. Summer scheduling is hard. But honestly, it's mostly that I keep procrastinating on writing these—and by the time I've needed to send them, I've been tired of staring at screens and hunching over my keyboard.
I guess that's my real excuse—I've probably been working on the novel too much. Draft 3 has required way, way more time and energy than anticipated—about as many total hours as Draft 2, but in roughly half the time. The good part is that I'm really happy with how the draft has turned out and I've managed to stick to my overly-ambitious/borderline unhealthy timeline, so...that's nice.
Anyway! Let me end by apologizing for coming back with this abbreviated edition. After a final compact newsletter later this month, Coffee Chats will return to its normal schedule and length in September. Probably. Most likely. Hopefully!
Until then, I'm sending love your way. Talk soon.
