I had started thinking I didn't need this blog, I was doing so well. I was writing every day, and I had more than 30,000 words until Friday, when my sister-in-law went into a coma. Since then, it's been a non-stop family emergency, and I haven't written a word of The Fire Demon. I'm at a crucial point in the book, so I'm hoping that when I start writing FD again I will find my practice again pure, which will be lovely. I have so much to say about all this, but need to write in smaller pieces as it's the only way I can see myself actually doing this. As of now, my sister in law is near death, and my wife's entire family is in town, and things are not looking good. I personally wasn't very close to Jessica. Ashley's relationship with her older sister Jess is strained, to say the least. I have so far been relatively calm, and I am hoping that I can use that calm to help out with my wife and her family.