Nice to know that your efforts in that area aren't wasted?

Hee! Yes. It's true for me, too -- if it's an author I don't know, I don't care about his or her life, I just want to know if the story sounds interesting.

Maybe I enticed many, many people to read Big Spankable Asses!

::crawls away to sob::

No, Amy, even your writing couldn't get people to read that ... unless they were already interested. (And I remember your, um, angst about having to write that copy. That thing also got an "award" for having a terrible cover.)

Oh, Amy - I don't know if you read Dear Author but they had a question about whether people were interested in or based book purchases on author bios and/or photos. Most people said no - that they went by the description on the back of the book most often.

Crap, there goes part of my marketing plan.

Albino ... mute ... girl? I know of at least two people who played that character in a role-playing game

Babe, no! Non-fiction IS DIFFERENT. That's why they're going to buy it -- because even if the subject is interesting, your experience and take on it is going to seal the deal.

Totally different thing, I swear.

I know of at least two people who played that character in a role-playing game

And amazingly enough, that fact makes it even more likely that they were albino-mute-girl-tortured-bards!

Overdose of angst there.

And amazingly enough, that fact makes it even more likely that they were albino-mute-girl-tortured-bards!

How did you know?! Were you part of that Vampire: Dark Ages game?

Totally different thing, I swear.

I know, I know. I was (mostly) being facetious. Honest.

So, everyone's okay with taking a hiatus with the drabbles, right?

Got notes on Sam from Agent Kate. Major rewrite.

Hold me.

You can do it, Allyson. But yes, virtual hugs for you in abundance.