Well! I hope all of you on the East coast here are safe, and dry, and with power! My first experience ever with a hurricane was better than I might have expected/anticipated. My husband who was traveling during the hurricane (I swear, does he have a deal with Mother Nature where she only pounds us if he's away? LOL) - made me a nice storm kit and booked a week long reservation at a nearby hotel for me and Trixie. Good thing, because the area where we live was issued a mandatory evacuation!

I'm safe and sound, and was without power and water at the hotel for 24 hours. (Felt like a very long 24 hours.) The house is fine - flooded basement and no more working furnace, but the storm did not damage the house or our belongings. The seawall has been destroyed, but other than that I should be able to get back to the house tomorrow. We now have power and water there, but no heat. I hope the landlady can get a new furnace for us quickly. With temps falling into the 30s this week, I don't know that this California Girl can withstand such frigid temps! (We have a fireplace but it's not meant to heat the entire house.)

So - YoW continues - pre-Sandy, I was able to revise six chapters of old YA WIP and felt pretty good about it. But I'm putting that aside yet again now that I'm back to work on current WIP after receiving crits from my wise writing group!

I cannot believe the year is drawing to an end! Despite major transition (moving across the country with very little notice), I feel like I'm managing to keep writing at the top of my list of priorities. How are you doing?

And Happy NaNo to those of you participating!