We are getting ready to get out of town. First actual vacation in you don’t want to know how many years but longer than we’ve been married. Pretend along with me that it’s not a partially working vacation. I’ve come to realize that time off and time away is essential, though, and I’m determined to do more of it.

Via Elizabeth Bear, I found this article, and it’s sobering. Writer brain must recharge regularly. Also, I added up the number of books, novellas, short stories and proposals I’ve written in the last four years, and then just the last two years (I did not count articles or other short pieces), and, well, I’m giving my brain a rest. I’m going to go look at pretty flowers and pretty pictures and walk by the water and come back ready to kick butt and take names.