Hello all, pardon my absence once again, but I have good reason!  You see, I am moving tomorrow, and not just across town, across state, or across country.  For those who do not follow my personal sites, I am moving to Japan for a year or more to start my first post-grad job in teaching English. Yay money! Boo interrupting writing time!

First, though, did y’all see me in the newspaper? That’s right, that article I interviewed for in January made its appearance in the Port Orford News last week! Sadly, I do not have a scanner, nor is the paper online, so Ican’t share it with you.  I’d take a picture, but I’ve already packed up my camera! Oh well. Just take my word on it 😉

Editing has begun on CROSS//Rebirth.  A new version of chapter one is up.  Not too many changes so it’s not necessary to download it again if you’ve already read it – just some typos and cleaning up a few sentences.  Chapter 2 is where the real editing begins. 

To be honest, I am rather excited about traveling this week!  You see, I am working on a short story compilation that revolves around airports, including topping off one that I’ve been working on for about a month now.  I am hoping to use my five hour layover in Vancouver to work on it.  Its current title is “Men in Uniform”, and about halfway through it took a different direction that I intended, but I always consider that a good thing!  Keeps it fresh for myself, ha.  I’m hoping to complete it before I board the plane for Tokyo!

So next time you hear from me, readers, I will be in and hopefully settled in my new home in Japan.  I will definitely be keeping my eye out for new writing/reading spots and hopefully can be inspired on my current (and new) works there.  Environment is very important to me when I write so I’m sure there will be a big entry on that when I start finding some places.

Wish me luck, guys.  Actually, the thing I’m worried about the most is making all my flights! So wish me luck on that! ^_^