MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS
2025 has come and gone. It has been the year of unprecedented rain, begging our house not to sink, our one-year-old's first plane ride (of which she slept a whole 20 minutes!), creating new memories in California, reminiscing through old stomping grounds in Oahu, and listening to beautiful holiday music (Handel's Messiah, Celtic Christmas). It's the second Christmas without my father--the little redwood we planted for him hangs stubbornly on despite an unexpected haircut from well-intentioned community park groundskeepers. It's been watching my four-year-old wake up to a larger and more complex grasp of the world, and I'm always amazed how much she picks up on.
Writing with the littles is unbelievably hard. I cherish those fleeting moments when it's me and the page. If anything, it does force you to focus and not get distracted, because naptime is on its way out for my older one!
So I'm about midway through Part II of III in the last book of the Afterlife Chronicles - The Stars of Eden. Having kids really makes you ponder what you pen to page, knowing they will stumble across it later (for this series, much later). It's good. Makes the writing cleaner, focused. Really makes you think about what you're trying to say. It's thrilling to nearly be complete with a trilogy. Wincing at how long it takes, but that's life.
Speaking of which, I hear stirring right now.
Happy Holidays from us and Tinsel Cat, and wishing you a wonderful 2026. Keep writing and traveling!
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