I’m in a witchy mood. Maybe it was the witch-hat fascinator I was wearing last night to hand candy out to trick or treaters. (Our kids are old enough to go do their own thing, but now I get the pleasure of seeing all the teeny kids in their costumes and they are. So. Cute.) Maybe it was the schlocky horror movies I watched all month. Or maybe it was finally finishing that revision of my middle grade manuscript that maybe, maybe will be the version that gets published.

Here I am, looking for some magic to happen. Maybe I should put that fascinator back on.

At any rate, I have sent the manuscript out to a few places and doubled back on resubmitting the short stories that still need homes, and now that my head is clearer and I am fueled by leftover peanut butter cups, I can get back to writing that MG cryptid story. Or even the dybbuk horror novel, once I figure out where I’m going wrong with it.

Last month felt like a whole year for various reasons, and I’m not sure what this month is going to bring. But the sun is shining and all the Halloween decorations are still up. So maybe we should all hope for some magic.

Enjoy the sunshine, snag some candy, go vote.