So. There's the big announcement! I've had a blog, for two years now. It was only for me—to force output and to have a platform for my creativity. I kept it secret because I didn't want people reading it. I was my sole audience, which was just what I needed for the past few years.

When the idea for The Summer Shadow came along, though, I realized that it might be time to share my blog and blend my pen name with . . . well, me! So I announced it at a poetry reading on the two-year anniversary of starting my blog,