Here are all the journals I've kept since 1982. There are 40 of them. For the last 6 years, I've only kept journals sporadically because I wrote 5 novels and a ton of short stories and a few novellas.

A big chunk of these journals deal with the years I'm writing about in my memoir. Good thing I kept a few notes... (And don't worry; if you have a dim recollection of having had a ton of insane sex with me in the 80s but I haven't written to you, asking if it's okay if I write about you & use a fake name, then your secrets are safe for eternity, amigos.)

Okay, forget what I said earlier about the beautiful weather. It has been cloudy and rainy since mid-afternoon. So much for "the 4th."

This was me earlier today. My new facebook photo. (You can really tell I'm not under a deadline, can't you? Life is sweet!)