No Dishes or Laundry

I am sitting in the lobby of Chicago’s Palmer House, nursing a glass of wine and staring at this fabulous ceiling. There’s no way I can capture its glory. I’m in Chicago at the annual National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference, on a panel about revision with Randy Boomer and Nancy Roser from the University of Texas. We are looking at very early drafts of Catherine Called Birdy. Gulp. Alchemy and Meggy Swann was named an NCTE Notable Book, and we will celebrate that next. All in all, I am having a wonderful time, and there are no dishes or laundry to do. Ahhh.