Whoot! Hi, Erin! Good to see you.

Let's see...Allyson's agent is sending out their first round of publisher inquiries for her essays. Deb's got her hardback and it is pretty, though no one else can see it because her house won't send the cover images to Amazon. She's waiting on responses for her paperback deal for her old series and for a deal on her new series. Susan's about to finish her second novel.

What else?

What else?

Victor's November 3 Club is up and running, and has gotten a lot of good response. Liese -- you have a piece in there, don't you?

And the nice editor lady at Morrow is looking at the Kinkaid Chronicles, because I got to pitch to her directly and she asked to see the entire first book and long synopses for both.

New challenge, Tep?

New challenge, Tep?

I'm not up to it. Anyone have any suggestions?

Cave.

Liese -- you have a piece in there, don't you?

Ayup. Thanks!

Perfect! Cave.

Challenge #74 (pictures from the Look at Me website) is now closed.

Challenge #75 is cave. Begin spelunking!

Ooh, I like that.

Liese, and by the by? Got a note from my editor's assistant this morning about the lack of cover graphics. They're aware of the problem, they're having it with a bunch of their fall titles, and oh, Jennifer C is no longer the web person at SMP.

Maybe I should send said assistant a copy of the "you know, it really IS a well oiled machine, if the author simply lets the proper people know" email I got from their big Special Events honcho lady?

Because how the hell are we supposed to know who the proper person is, when they keep leaving?