Circumstances, mostly revolving around some changing conditions with my employer, have limited my blog posting over the last couple of months.  However, another factor that's cut down on the number of posts I've generated has to do with that profession that used to be my primary means of support, but which has sadly slipped to a minor part of the family budget in recent years.  I'm writing another novel.

Back when the keyboard was the only means of providing mac and cheese for the family diet, I finished off about a book every two months.  Heck, I did one on a six day start to finish deadline.  However, with no contracts to nail me down, my writing muscles have grown flabby.  I had been working on this book for over a year, and if I hadn't taken steps to put a self-imposed deadline in place, I fear another year might have fluttered past without seeing the words "the end."

With your indulgence, and those of the rest of the Political Cortex family, I'd like to give you a little peek at what I've been up to.