{"id":4035,"date":"2006-03-16T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2006-03-16T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/what-im-working-on.html"},"modified":"2006-03-16T14:00:49","modified_gmt":"2006-03-16T14:00:49","slug":"what-im-working-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/03\/what-im-working-on.html","title":{"rendered":"What I’m working on"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a week of recovery, interrupted by a rather tiring, extremely nerve-wracking trip (I never told you about that – the flight from Erie to Cleveland. First time I’ve ever stood at the door to a plane and thought…hmmm. I don’t have <\/em>to get on. I could rent a car, drive to Cleveland…catch the plane to the Fort…Why? Because the wind<\/em> was terrible<\/em>. It was rocking that little plane back and forth, even as it sat on the runway. It howled and whipped. I thought…I don’t like this. But, you know, I forced myself to be logical. I thought…this probably happens a lot at this airport, so near the lake.  I thought – the crew looks fine. I watched two small planes land as I was waiting there. Okay. But it still was a little scary, I still didn’t like it, and the weirdest thing was – it was one of those really little planes – maybe 16 seats, one on each side of the plane – and I was in the first "row," the flight deck door was open the whole time, so as we were landing in Cleveland, I could watch out the front window, and see the plane swing back and forth, back and forth<\/em> as they attempted to align in with the runway. Great.)<\/p>\n

…anyway, I’m finally back in the novel. Which one? Oh, who knows. After not looking at it for two months, it’s a relief to find that it’s not terrible, and that I actually am enthused about getting back into. I have several more Rome posts to go, and I want to try to turn this trip into an article or two. And no more speaking engagements for three weeks! <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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