In the Blue Moon of the New Year

...things have started off in an interesting way. I've been watching as one day at a time, things that seemed so remote a possibility as to be improbably have become actualities. It makes me think that yes, this is THAT year, the one where dreams and wishes so often and dearly longed for and perhaps even relegated "forgotten" can come true.

And so...I wonder. And I dream. And Hope, that tiny little niggle that drives us, that can take us to the edge of despair then drop us over, raises her head, proves she's hard to swallow and outlives even the worst of all possibilities.

On a professional level, there's a lot going on: I'm literally in the thick of three new novel titles:

Tin Can Knights

I Am the Gun

The Gabriel

Work is also progressing (slowly but surely) on two graphic novel/comic titles: Sakura Gun and Three Dragons. Interestingly enough, there are also companion novels for these, so not including other sequels (and yes, for those waiting, they will be coming - one of the is in progress, another two are in the very early outlining process).

I've got a lot of work ahead of me, but it's all stuff I'm looking forward to.

On a personal level, I've made some amazing new friends, learned, grown, and have taken some very definitive steps in new and better directions. I am extremely lucky to have the family I do, and I've finally figured the trick of balancing my time - so I can spend more of it with them, as well as with all of you :-)

Amazing what can happen during a Blue Moon, no?

Rock on!

JD

PS: For those in town, I'll be doing a reading/signing/q&a at Bluestockings bookstore in NYC, January 30th @ 7pm, along with Rachel Kramer Bussel and Cheri Crystal. I'm very much looking forward to seeing as many as can make it!