So....as you can see, I haven't written anything here in over a year. I was honestly ready to shut down the site to save myself the money (and it's not as if anyone is reading what I'm writing here...)

But then my BFF sent me an email about an online writing course being hosted by lifestyle guru Martha Beck.

"Let's do it together!", she said.

"For our birthdays!", she said.

And--just like that--I plunked down $875 to join over 800 other people in this course. Why? Because I'm stuck and spinning and lost. And how will this course help me? The sheer cost of it almost ensures I will complete it--and there is BFF to hold me to account. Not to mention the 15 people in my small writing group....

For the first time in ages, I am excited about writing. I feel the stirrings of something that I thought was long gone--and it feels like this might be more than just a mirage in the desert.