I really have this blog thing down now--reading them I mean! After upgrading my own blog with links to some of the major feed compilers, I spent some time perusing them and discovered the marvels of PageFlakes. I've consolidated all the blogs I follow into three pages--pages I can scan in mere moments--so now I start every morning by checking in with all my blogging buddies.

I have my girlfriend blogs so I can chat over coffee in virtual time, at my own leisure. I have my author blogs so I can keep up with who's writing--and publishing! Now I can check in with a whole host of creative bloggers every single day without taking any significant time away from my work. No more lurking for me! Keeping up with--and commenting on!--all the blogs I like to follow is a piece of cake.

After my morning-coffee-aka-blog-fest, I got back to writing again. Feels good to be in the flow. Now that I know where the character's going, I know where the story's going. I think this one might go to the Writers of the Future Contest while I still qualify, but I'll have to see where it ends up.