Writer’s block shrinking…

Two days ago, I declared that I’d combat writer’s block and stick to my writing schedule by committing to a daily “I will do this!” on my blog (which is public, even though I’m sure nobody ever reads it). I am pleased, and relieved, to announce this worked on its inaugural try. I reached my goal for that day; today there is no time to write, since I have spent most of the day helping with edits of Edible Vineyard (a magazine I am proud to be associated with), and am now off to meet with Hannah Vanderlaeske, the remarkable young writer I’m mentoring.

I make no claims for writing tomorrow, as I’ll be running around to various appointments and chores. The writerliest of these is a meeting with Nancy Tutko at MV Magazine, to discuss an article she has lured me to write, about the scandalous history of Jimmy Cagney’s house on Martha’s Vineyard.

The next day, however, back to Renaissance Venice, and Iago, and all the rest of it…