I know a lot of people are already on holiday/vacation mode and are having a hard time sitting down at the computer this week to write. My advice? Get a very small notebook — like the kind you used for writing down your homework in elementary school – and carry it in your pocketbook or back pocket along with a mini-pen and try and at least jot down some ideas, phrases, scenes, character sketches so your work doesn’t come to a grinding halt. 

On another topic, I recently wrote a few Chabad.org stories that you may have missed but are worth checking out:
* Have kids at home next week? Did you know some Chabad Houses run “Winter Camps,” complete with trips, crafts and more.
* Sometimes you hear about a person who has an amazing life story and who you’d like to spend time getting to know, Christina Hacker of rural Australia is one of those people.