Wow, Deb, that sounds marvelous. Good on you! Can't wait to snatch it up in the store!

In fact... hmmm. There's a small bookstore around the corner from my house that loves to focus local authors. I don't know how the whole marketing thing works, but would it be appropriate for me to mention the book to the owner and ask if they'd be interested in hosting a signing? At the very least I can recommend they lay in a good supply and plug the local angle.

Consuela, you betcha, and it would be much appreciated and I would cook you something yummily edible in gratitude.

I've got a PR person at St. Martin's who will send promotional materials for signings and whatnot at my request, so full cooperation would be right there.

Coolness. I have to stop by and pick something up from them anyway, so I'll talk to the owner this week.

Utter coolness. Now, you just need to tell me what would make you happy to eat, and I'll make certain we have it at the BBQ (see Beep Me from a few days ago).

New acrostic poem for class tonight. Thoughts?

Solstice

Somnolence settles over the landscape, as black-eyed Susans
Undulate in the breeze (the breeze
Murmuring enticements that tickle the ear and
Melt all resolve to work, study, clean):
Expectations trickle away with the
Rivulets that run down my glass.

***

Question: line 3 -- "Murmuring" or "Murmurs"?

I like murmuring better.

but murmurs fits the tense you have going, Tep.

I think murmuring works.

And the rest of it?

I like it. I have a nagging feeling that I don't quite have the background to understand it (I assume a black-eyed Susan is a kind of flower?) but I like the tone of it and I can definately identify with the feeling.