“Honestly, there’s no point in arguing who was responsible for the Abraham do-over. There was a lot going on then and frankly, I don’t think there’s anything to be gained by pointing fingers. I mean hey, the big guy commands Abe to sacrifice his son and then — ahem — at the last minute it’s our job to let him know that it’s just a test? Speaking as a humble messenger boy, I’d argue that there might be room for improvement in the corporate communications policy. But as I said, I don’t think there’s anything to be gained by pointing fingers — all I know is that we had to call a do-over….”

As I mentioned, I’m trying to wrap up a fun little novella* that I’m hoping to post here in the next month or so. In the meantime, I’m skiving a bit by digging up some older favorites that I’ve never shared with a more general audience. This was one of my early favorites, and I was surprised, revisiting, to see how much my style has changed in just two years.

I hope you’ll enjoy Abraham and Sarah.

* Fun little novella, not to be confused with the big old godawful novel that I’m sick of.

And hey – speaking of writing: my old friend, fellow Polie, semi-adoptive niece, and longtime NaNoWriMo veteran Michelle Springer HAS GOT A BOOK DEAL! Just heard through the interwebs that she bucked up her courage and sent her most recent manuscript to the publisher of her dreams. And got a phone call from the editor saying she was up until 3 a.m. reading it because she couldn’t put it down.

Yes, I’m just a little bit envious, but in a really good way. This is inspiration. And sooo exciting!