When I'm not writing

I'm trying to finish a project not related to writing prior to starting my next book.  Life is hard for me when I am not writing. 

Writing is a solitary process, but it is not lonely.  Because of what I write, and the characters and place I have created, when I am writing I am much happier.

In Bayou Beni, problems aren't argued over, they are solved.  People make mistakes, and their friends and family help them recover from those mistakes.

Bad and sad things happen, but there is always a community of helpers.

I so want to live in a world like that.  My fervent hope is that by reading about a place like Bayou Beni,  people who read my books want to make the world they live in look more like that.