The other day I announced that I will be taking a hiatus from social media from October to January. There are many reasons for this, some perhaps obvious but others not so. I wanted to discuss them here in a longer forum. First and foremost, I wanted to let those of you whom I’ve met online this year, especially on Twitter, know how much I value our friendships and seeing what’s going on with you. So many of you with your cheer, wisdom, and intellectual curiosity (and amazing

Wyvacon is a new convention in Wytheville, Virginia that I had the pleasure of attending the last weekend in July. I really enjoyed my fellow panelists and the audience members. While we occasionally just had two people attending, their passion and enthusiasm were very heartening. I always feel that if I can reach just one reader or aspiring writer, then I’ve hopefully done my job. And there is little more validating than to have someone come up to you afterwards with tears i