Galleys arrived!
The galleys for UNEXPECTEDLY, MILO arrived today. Though they undoubtedly contain errors, it’s still thrilling to see the story that you made up in your head bound and nearly ready…
It’s my birthday this month! Before giving me (or anyone else) a gift, please read this carefully and adjust accordingly.
I have a birthday coming up this month. In the spirit of giving, if your intention is to gossip about me behind my back to anyone if you give me…
Bestseller list
I’ve made the bestseller list for the first time in my career. No, not the Times or The Washington Post. Not quite yet. The Seattle Mystery Bookshop’s list of January…
Where to?
When the location of the light switch requires this much direction, you have to ask yourself what the electrician was thinking. And even more perplexing, who puts the furnace room…
Searching for a new dream
I was reading Malcolm Gladwell’s New Yorker piece Dangerous Minds and came upon this paragraph dealing with how psychics can appear to be so accurate in so many of their…
Foreign deal
Good news on the SOMETHING MISSING front. My editor informed me that we have sold the foreign rights to a Taiwanese publisher New Rain. It’s an excellent deal for the…
Goals?
I love my hairdresser. She good, quick (always a priority for me) and genuinely a great person. I actually enjoy spending time with her, which is unusual for me and…
A question in need of an answer
I was talking to a friend about publishing today, and once again I found myself proclaiming my fondness for the ancient but still highly effective technology known as a book. …
Resolution update: January 2010
1. Lose seventeen more pounds, bringing my weight down to 185 pounds, which was my high school pole vaulting weight. After a weekend of “eating our way through Vermont” (my…
