Today the package finally came in the mail! It was a copy of the book "Mousetraps" by Pat Schmatz with a very sweet note from her, and even my name mentioned in the acknowledgements. Whoa! that was much much more than i expected. Several years ago she sent me some manuscripts of the novel in progress, a thoughtful post-columbine story for teen ( Read more... )

Last night i was up very late making maps ( Read more... )