First of all: from all of us here at the MARDL compound to wherever you may be- Happy Hollidays, with warmest wishes to all.

Next order of business: A five-day weekend is coming up for yours truly. Lest you think I’ll be sitting at home, on my duff and watching “A Christmas Story”, you’ll be wrong (well, that’s my Christmas day plans, but anyway…).

No, I plan to pound out as much of “Isle Of Blood” as possible, with the promise of very little distractions and intrusions. I want to have this thing DONE, and plan to write as much as I can of the novel. Also on the agenda: more artwork. Spot illustrations and character portraits, specifically. Plus, I wanna work on the “teaser trailer” for the book, too.

I plan to be busy… and to enjoy every minute of it.

Raising a glass of egg-nog to you and yours.

Cheers to all! Wish me luck!