10 days until we start a new school year. It’s always one of the hardest times of the year for me. After 9 weeks of not wearing shoes, not talking much and sitting more than standing, all of that is reversed.

So of course, as with all good writers, I’ve put everything off until the last minute. We’re having new hardwood floor put down in the kitchen and dining room today and tomorrow. I’ve for a car tune-up, doctor’s appointments and all to do next week. It seems like I do this a lot, and though I start every summer with good intentions, it always ends the same.

But, I can’t same that it’s the same with my book. I’ve done a significant amount of work on the biography this summer. I’ve added about 20,000 words to it so far, and I’m still on a pace to have several thousand more words in the next 10 days. The deeper I go into Erle Stanley Gardner’s life, the more interesting facts I undercover. I’m truly enjoying this project now and I’ll hate to see it end in some ways.