The blog went almost dark for three weeks there, which is what happens when I’m deep under deadlines. The amount of work I slogged through was daunting, and in fact I’m still a bit dazed. In addition to getting Hurricane Fever drafted I ended up working on a sudden opportunity, there’s been a lot going on behind the scenes here, and all of this is after a long trip back from being overseas for World Fantasy Con and other things.

It’s been a few months of pushing my personal envelope, but now I...