I've been distracted

I know I have been away for a while. I have been distracted.

While I have gotten some writing done -- and I've done several paying projects -- most of my reading and intellectual attention has been focused on one subject -- prostate cancer. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier this month.

It's a bummer. It really, really sucks. But it is what it is. Now I have decisions to made so I can get on with my life.

I debated for most of the month about whether to mention this in my blog. But since the purpose of the blog to chronicle my thoughts and actions as an aspiring writer and since this impacts me as a writer, I decided to mention it here for the first time.

I'm not going to discuss it much but as I go forward in treatment -- and I haven't decided yet which treatment to have -- I will discuss it as I believe it is relevant to my writing.

So there you have it.

Thanks for reading and keep writing.