First, everyone go congratulate Monica on her big sale to Berkley! She's an incredibly generous and talented writer, and I'm absolutely thrilled for her.

Second, I finally figured out a difficult point in my story. That's always very satisfying. Also the hero's talking to me more than before, although he's still very reluctant to open up. And this means I should be able to start NaNo on time and hopefully write a good draft.

1. I'm not looking for critique partners anymore. If you're thinking about contacting me because you saw my wanted post, please don't. Thanks.

2. I'm going on a hiatus. No personal problems or crises here. It's just that I'm in the middle of working on my new project ideas, characters, etc. and I don't want to be distracted. This also means I won't be on IM or Twitter, for those of you who have my contact info there. I will, of course, be available via email. I will blog, but not as often as before.

3. If I have no idea who you are, I'm not going to approve your request to see my Twitter updates. It's not that I'm trying to be exclusive or elitist, but I just don't feel comfortable adding strangers I've never met in real life or online before, esp. because I tend to yap a lot about a lot of inconsequential stuff there.