back to school

so we are back to school already, less time for writing, but good to be social again! Elephant Blue is doing well - people seem to like it - I am now trying mind pictures and language scraps that will spark the brainstorm process for a third book in that series - the idea for Elephant Blue came as I was reviewing some old color poems, and the first book, Goodnight World Outside, was prompted by sweet words from my little grandson, 'goodnight outside" he would say on his way to bed -
little shreds of language can be so powerful and evocative -
I am still struggling with Murder in the Gun Room - I may let it lie fallow for a while and rework another story that got itself to half a novel's length then obstinately refused to move, maybe a second reading will prompt the flow and I can open it up - my writing coach, my daughter Sarah, often says "go back into the moment and keep writing" - so I will -