Babel Clash

Okay, so I’m home, which means I should be ready to knock off a killer blog, right? Mmm, no. I just got back from two weeks on the road, with a family vacation starting Friday, and I seem to have fallen into a pit between trips. I keep looking up, seeing a pile of “post-tour” and “pre-vacation” work teetering on the brink, and just huddling closer to the side, hoping that, if it falls, it won’t completely bury me.  Or if it does, at least I’ll catch up on my sleep until someone realizes I’m gone.

So, while it’s not quite 7:30 in the evening, I’m ready to call it a day. Or, at least, spend the rest of the evening doing mundane tasks that require no creative thought, like laundry (which did not magically get done by elves–or my family–in my absence). So I’m going to give up any attempt to write a thought-provoking blog and distract you from my negligence by giving stuff away.

Prize? Any one of my published books that I can still order (which excludes the sold out Angelic–always gotta mention that, because it’s the one everyone asks for!)

How to win? Give me your best distraction technique for getting out  work.

I’ll pick my favourite Thursday, when I’ll return with a real blog.

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