The midyear report

Doesn't that title look official, like we actually have a midyear report!

I wrote "The End" the other day and celebrated by having lunch at a favorite place with the roommate. Not that the story won't have to be ripped apart and sewn back together, but the first telling--that's the biggie.

Just as I start each year wondering where publishing will take us over the next 12 months, with Harlequin's heartbreaking decision about closing lines, I'm wondering the same thing about the next six. On one...