Forced Vacation

So, my family is forcing a work-free vacation for the next two weeks; this includes blogging, they tell me. We will be on the opposite coast for a change visiting friends and family, and this will indeed be the first non-working vacation I've had in recent memory and the first real vacation in over ten years. (That's what happens when you own your own writing business to support your creative writing habit.) Maybe it's me but 14 days without any writing seems drastic and a little frightening. That said, I think I will probably sneak a blog post or two, though not as regularly as my usual no-fail daily posts, so keep an eye out over here for sporadic blogging.
     Also, it's not entirely true that I won't be writing at all.
     My spouse and I are working on a screenplay together for fun, so we will do some work on that, and the plan is to have a few morning hours for creative work every day, since we are both devoted writers. I'm developing the new book on disinheritance, which is coming along nicely; I'm mostly in the research phase. The idea is to create a wide pop-culture, literary scope on the topic, but it also includes my own memoir-ish thread on being given the boot by my father. Basically, it's an exploration, both cultural and personal. It's weird to be writing something that's actually marketable, but I believe that's what's happening here. I'll keep you posted as it evolves.
     I will also post any rejections I get for the novel and essays; I expect those to start rolling in momentarily.