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January is almost halfway over! And while that's certainly exciting from a pay-period point of view (here comes the 15th!), what's infinitely more interesting to me about it is that it means we are just two weeks away from February.

I am still writing a book, you know. In case you were wondering, I actually haven't given up yet. I write every day, without fail. Anne LaMott told me to treat it like a debt of honor, and that's what I do. Anne also said to commit to finishing a thing that you start. So I am.

I only have two things to say right now, and this is what they are:

Melissa and I were delighted to be featured in The Barnstable Enterprise last week, essentially spotlighting our intense interest in the works of the Bronte sisters. Which we all know perfectly well is just a polite way of saying "our undying obsession with Jane Eyre."

In honor of Sunday, which as every one knows is for sleeping in, reading the paper, and dawdling endlessly over delicious coffee and even more delicious baked goods, I made scones today.

We all know how much I love to get mail from England. I mean, maybe not as much as Melissa enjoys getting mail from England. But seriously, that's a pretty tough act to follow.

Well, I survived my return to San Francisco. It was lovely weather (for me; I am a freak and like it when it is) all rainy and windy and chilly. All the adorable San Franciscans were all bundled up in their scarves and hats and boots and coats against the 55 degree weather, and I spent a lot of time wandering around the streets near the convention center, poking my head into shops and cafes whenever I wasn't, you know, at the actual conference.

I'll be boarding a plane in a few hours to San Francisco. My company is sending me to a week-long conference that regularly draws over 20,000 attendees. I'll be very busy, and it's tremendously exciting of course, but it does feel a bit strange to be going to a conference and not be presenting anything -- usually I'm involved in some form of public speaking or teaching, so I'm feeling a little at loose ends about it all.

I've become slightly obsessed with Amelia Long, AKA Lady Farnborough, in the course of writing this here little Regency romance novel of mine.