Okay, I'm sorry. As you can tell, my postings to the blog have gone from being pretty much "daily" to really sporadic. Life has been very difficult around here. I will spare you the details. It is sufficient to say that I am trying to "sally forth," as they say. For those of you who might be a little young to understand that very old word usage it means:

Verb

1.

sally forth - set out in a sudden, energetic or violent manner

Well, okay.

My cousin, with whom I have seen 2 of the 3 Pirates of the Caribbean movies, sent me a link to this YouTube video that was really cute (a homemade Pirates spoof). You need to scroll down the page and hit PLAY at this link here.

No news from others today. My own news is that I'm working hard at writing/not drinking. A timeless combination for writers, is it not? (Please do not take me too seriously. I really don't drink that much -- anymore.) I have quite a to-do list that requires much sobriety: a 1200 word essay to write; yet another book proposal to turn in; the rest of a 400-page novel to write, of which 100 pages are written & which my agent is inquiring as to the whereabouts of, politely; I have 2 completed novels whose respective word counts need to be shaved by 15,000 words each; an 8K to 10K (word count) short story that needs developing & has to be written most likely by September; a quick book review to write by the weekend; and then... writing of Twilight of the Immortal, the Valentino novel, begins.

Piece of cake, right?

And speaking of cake... my birthday is really beginning to loom large here, gang, so I hope you've been out shopping. Some of the things I'm interested in receiving this year, in no particular order, are:

• time
• money
• sex

If you can provide any/all of the above, drop me an email! That's it for today, folks! Thanks for visiting. See ya!