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One of the delight­ful things about get­ting ARCs is being among the first read­ers to lay hands on a remark­able book and then hav­ing the plea­sure of shout­ing from the moun­tain­tops about this exquis­ite thing you’ve found (or, um, had mailed to you). It must be the same feel­ing that edi­tors get when an “it” …

Hav­ing optioned David Lubar’s intel­lec­tual prop­erty for the princely sum of $0 (aka, I’m bla­tantly steal­ing his idea of post­ing res­o­lu­tions at the end of the year in order to assure accu­racy), I’m now ready to post my 2007 Res­o­lu­tions. 1. Fin­ish the YA urban super­nat­ural novel (YAUS) I began in 2006. 2. Join a …

1141 words I’m a lousy typ­ist, but I do know a little html.

Fifth grader: Dad, look.  Mom’s got a recipe for pecan balls. Me: Yep. They’re yummy. Fifth grader: No, pecan balls.  A recipe for PEE-can balls, get it? PEE-can BALLS? Her first attempt at dou­ble enten­dre.  I’m so proud.

The most fun I’ve since The Call has been shar­ing the news with the many peo­ple who have helped me along the way.  One per­son that I looked most for­ward to telling was my excel­lent writ­ing teacher, Ken Smith, a cre­ative writ­ing pro­fes­sor at UT Chat­tanooga.  Ken helped me get pub­lished in lit­er­ary mag­a­zines in …

Under the right col­umn “Rights Report“http://tinyurl.com/2ne7vx

The response to the Ketchin­gup post was over­whelm­ing. Thanks to every­one who posted and to all the folks who friended me.  The pub­lish­ing indus­try is on hol­i­day, so I don’t expect any news until after New Years.  After a week of con­stantly check­ing email and voice­mail, I find myself at loose ends.  I guess I …