No novel news right now. Something potentially related and equally exciting to me, though:

I was just talking to George, my collaborator, about this new piece he and I are working on. This is probably the first time I have come in having some direct vision of my part. And ironically it is the first time my vision does not totally fit his needs. But in talking to him about what texts he did respond to and want to use, I had some validation as I explained my own inspiration in writing it and how I started to think about what I wrote about. It helped me to see that my own curiosities and time-wasting do potentially mean something to others, and have some interest, and that perhaps I should really take my voice seriously.

I think in order for a writer to be able to commit to writing he/she really needs to feel like it may actually work out. Or at least I do.