That Ahhhhh! (with five h's) is because I'm done correcting. Except for a few days of meetings at school, I'm pretty much done -- which means I can make the switch to full-time writing.

Ahhhhh! In the past, I've sometimes needed a little transition time between school and writing, but I'm trying to get right back into the writing so I can make the most of my long freedays. One of the things I'm finding is that I need to say NO more. I'm glad to have several good friends, but I'm having to tell them that I want to spend most of my days this summer writing -- not having lunch or going for tea. I read not long ago that people like me, who have trouble saying no, should think instead about what they're saying "yes" to. I'm saying yes to getting lost in my imagination, to getting back to work on a story I've been fiddling with for several months, and then, perhaps, to starting something entirely new before it's time to go back to school. So that's my latest resolution -- to say no when I have to -- and to not feel guilty about it.

Are you one of those people who has a similar problem with saying no?