I’ve been doing loads of writing lately—just not on this blog, I’m afraid. The novel I am working on is taking up all the space in my brain, and I’ve found myself either unable or unwilling (or maybe both) to come up with new ideas to share with you here at Epistles from Echowood.
But then last night I had the opportunity to meet and chat with some friends from church—people I’d gone through RCIA with over a year ago—and I found myself telling them how blogging has been such a blessing to me, how I’ve met so many interesting people and been able to use my own faith struggles to encourage others. Just talking about it made me realize that I’ve missed “being here.” And so many things that were discussed sparked an inspiration within me to write again.
So I’ve got some neat things I’d like to share. I’ll try to space them out, one day at a time, so as not to overwhelm.
Also, a few weeks ago, I had begun to compose a page called “The Story of My Conversion.” It wasn’t going well, though, and I abandoned it. I think I was spending too much time talking about my earliest years as a Christian, when all the actually interesting stuff happened so much later. I’m going to go back to that page and start again. I’m not sure how many of my friends read this blog, but it seems many strangers are drawn here because of the unique situation I am in (being in a Catholic/Lutheran marriage). I need to talk more about that. (But mostly, I need to stop saying, “I’m going to talk more about that.” I need to actually DO IT!)
While I know it kind of seems like I’ve dropped off the face of the earth lately, I am, in fact, still on the planet. My head, however, has been in the clouds, plotting and planning and writing my book. 
I hope you are all having a beautiful summer!
