Back at school, teaching comp and creative writing. Amazing students, as always, lots of work already. I'm glad for another semester; the campus seems particularly beautiful right now and I feel that sense of the seasonal wheel turning again and the sense of rightness about being in the classroom. There's been the usual PowerPoint and other mishaps, but mostly I am doing fine.
I am currently on the last leg of my novel The Pleasure Palace, and it should be ready to send off in a couple of months (including time for edits). I'm really happy about its progress and it is quite fun to sit down with something in which I can run free with my particular brand of humor. I will miss it when it's done, but there is always the sequel (this will be a three-part series, loosely).
That's all for this week!
My name is Joan McMillan and this blog is, as Emily Dickinson says, "my letter to the world." I am currently working on a nonfiction book about the murder of a young woman, Asha Veil, born Joanna Dragunowicz, and her unborn daughter, Anina, on September 9, 2006. My book is meant to honor her life and illuminate the need to create a safer world for women and children.

To read an excerpt from the book, please click on the following link:
ashaveilbook.blogspot.com
An excerpt from The Pleasure Palace, my romantic comedy, can be found here:
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