Just when I really had some good momentum going, a series of bumps, curves and distractions got in the way. When I've got too much going on, writing is not my priority. So I'm confessing that, unfortunately, I've written very little since the first of the year.

Fortunately, I had some opportunities to market and sell books and do a couple presentations. I had a display table at a local event for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I almost backed out of my presentation on Nevada's ranching history at the Nevada Reading Week Conference in Reno; I had been down for 4 days with a fever, but fortunately it broke the night before--thank goodness for Advil.

Now to overcome inertia and get that momentum going again. I've slowly been getting back into writing the last couple weeks. The better I feel, the more I feel like writing. Still coughing but back to work...everyone's telling me this may hang on for weeks yet...