MLT

Art helps. Oftentimes when nothing else will. Drawing, sketching, painting, practicing, digital, three-dimensional, professional.  It can be hard to pull out your supplies.  It can be harder to come up with ideas.  It can be nearly impossible to actually start, let alone finish.   But it helps.  It doesn't have to be perfect.   All it requires is that you create it. Pictures help. They inspire.  They capture memories.  They preserve moments of joy for moments of...less. They can easily be shared with another.   With a picture, you can dream.  Spend a minute or two staring at one.  Let the rest of life fall away, forgotten, as you try to notice all the details.  The shapes.  The colors.  Let it take you away, let your imagination soar.  It's easy to flip from one picture to the next to the next to the next.  So much content, so little time and all that....

"Hey, you said you'd publish in June 2019.  June came, June went, where's the book?" Well...it's not done yet.  The first draft is done, sure, I have a coherent story that has a beginning, middle, and end.  Now I'm working on the second draft and taking the quality up a few notches.  Honestly, it's better this way.  :)  Part of these improvements means I have to tear out thousands of words and rewrite them.  That takes more time.  My best guess?  Fall.  Specifically, before November 2019.  You can stay better up-to-date by following me on twitter @MLT_Author. Yeah.  That's not what you wanted to hear, was it?  So, to appease you, I'm giving you an opportunity to have a sneak peek at Chapter 1 of "The End".  Sign up for my monthly newsletter and you'll receive an email with a link to the amazing first chapter!  Yes, it is amazing.  I had so much fun rewriting that chapter and it's so.  Much....

Writing with Cats: Oh hi there!  Want me to pet -  and you're gone.  Okay then. Yes my lap is free!  Come on up!  Ow.  Ow.  Please.  Stop kneading me.  Okay.  You're done.  Get down. Mmmmm, you're so cute.  Let me pet you for 30 minutes as I do research.  ...  aaaand now there's fur everywhere.  Thanks. Um.  Can you wake up?  I can't feel my legs.  I need to go to the bathroom.  Please?  I haven't eaten in 6 hours?  Help? Writing with Babies: STop playing with the keyboardCould you please just hold still?41 Oh now you41'thre hungry? Let.  GO of.  thje.  mouse. What, is ,y jtyping too loud now?   And now you're screaming.  I hgive up. Writing with Dogs: Oh, hi puppy!  Want to lay down right there?  Go ahead!  The space is all ready for you!  It's nice to have some company.