All right: here's the thing. Discount Armageddon is officially released March 6th. That's the date we've been talking about for months, that's the date you should be able to obtain the book, that's the date when sales begin counting against my first week numbers. Any books which escape into the wild before then count against my overall sales, ( Read more... )

So as I get ready to leave, I begin addressing the administrative funtimes that are my inbox. Which leads us to today's exciting question ( Read more... )

I haven't been blogging about my cats recently ( Read more... )

I'm tired ( Read more... )

My mother called me last night just before nine o'clock. "I thought I should let you know," she said. "My car threw a rod today ( Read more... )

Today was my signing event at the Pleasant Hill Borders. I woke bright and early (too bright, and too early; after waking up at 6:20 AM, I went back to bed for another hour and a half), walked to the grocery store for a fresh fruit breakfast, and came back to the house to shower and watch The West Wing while I prepared myself for the day ahead. ( Read more... )

1. BART is not on strike. I would say "yay, the unions reached a settlement," but since I left Lilly alone with my Internet-equipped computer just before the strike was called off, I'm going to opt for "yay, my Siamese is not fire-bombing the California coastline to protest Mommy not coming home for a week." Don't mess with the Siamese. You ( Read more... )