It's not what it looks like, really!

I haven't fallen off the face of the earth; the kids kinda gave me hell, yesterday, and I'd rather not pass it on whining.

Other than that...I hit a snag writing Resurgent .  I ended up having to completely abandon my initial outline, and redo the whole thing.  It's flowing again, now, but I still only have about 18,500 words (about 43 pages).  Spent yesterday re-plotting the silly thing to un-snag it. 

I'll try to do better, but we're also heading up to the real grading crunch at the end of semester.  We have next week (three class periods), then one more class before Thanksgiving Break, then the first week of December is the last week of classes.

Wish me luck, and pray for my patience.