School is out. I'm writing again. It's Friday and this week, my first week of freedom of time, I've managed to write 3600 words. Have completed a chapter and started a new one. This is what I'm talking about. Oh, summer, how I have missed you. Hopefully by the end of August, I'll have a completed novel.

Last month I successfully defended my MFA thesis at Chatham University in Pittsburgh and will graduate this August. This means next year, though still teaching full time at Youngstown...