ok, so i've been ignoring my blog. life interrupted. went to port townsend this weekend. the trip was fun. the town wasn't all that. i really want to see something outside of seattle that screams *pacific northwest* but i have yet to figure out where that is. anyway, i'm reading stephen king's "on writing" right now and am taking his advice about reading, reading, reading if you plan to be a writer. he says that if you don't have time to read, then you don't have the tools to write. and so i'm following that because as you know, i've got a novel to write. what's on my reading list now? choke (by fight club and survivor author, chuck palahniuk), jemima j, and the big u by neal stephenson.