So I’m liking my mini-blogs. They’ve been very liberating, and I don’t have to drone on about drone-able subjects. Since school has started, I’m even more goal-oriented. I’m hard at work on Any Wicked Thing and hope to have it finished by mid-October at the latest. 23,000 words to go.

Some months ago, the clever ladies at Risky Regencies sponsored a contest. One had to find a suitably vintage picture and caption it in the manner of LOLCats. I entered a bunch of them, and I won, but not with this particular illustration, although it is my favorite. It works very well for AWT. 🙂 Check back here for my other entries in the upcoming weeks for your amusement.

“The velocity and volume on the Web are so great that nothing is forgotten and nothing is remembered. The Internet is like closing time at a blue-collar bar in Boston. Everyone’s drunk and ugly and they’re going to pass out in a few minutes.”~Leon Wieseltier, literary editor of The New Republic

Present company excepted. 🙂

Just watched Across the Universe. I knew all the words and sang along. What happened to all those idealists?

Best. Book. Ever. You know I don’t do book reviews—I’m way too lazy. But A Most Lamentable Comedy, a fabulous romp by Janet Mullany, will have you laughing over every page except the last, where you will have a lump in your throat and get a bit teary. I ordered it from the Book Depository UK, which has free shipping.

Kate Seaver, my Berkley Heat editor, approved the proposal for Book #2 , Any Wicked Thing! Sebastian and Freddie are so relieved, not to mention Margaret Rowe. Maggie’s happy too!