Drowning past regrets in tea and cigarettes

By my best count, I've worked about twenty hours over the last couple of days. That sucks for a weekend, yes - but on the upshot, two major things were officially accomplished. One major thing must remain a secret, as it's tied to the mysterious day-job, though I will say that I "caught up" on something over there.

However, the second major thing is truly a cause for public celebration: I finished revisions on Inexplicables and emailed the manuscript off to my editor!

[:: insert Kermit-flail here ::]

So on the one hand, this was a weekend from hell. On the other, I am standing on the brink of a Monday while wearing a helmet and some pointy boots - and screaming BRING IT ON!

Anyway. Yes.
Now for some news.

I regret to admit that some of it is book-type news, because I know it can get old after awhile - so I preemptively apologize for any irritation you may experience due to the predictable subject matter. But the fact is, this is what my life looks like these days. It looks like deadlines and announcements and books.

So let's start with something only tangentially book-related, just to ease you into the flow.

Ahem.*

Because it's coming up soon, people are beginning to ask why I'm not on Steamcon's website as a participant. The answer to that is simple: I won't be at Steamcon.

The Steamcon people were very nice and they did invite me; believe me, I wish the convention the very best in all possible ways. But I'm afraid I'll be out of town, because that weekend is the beginning of my Ganymede tour - so I'll be in Portland working the PNBA trade show, and also putting on an event at Powell's (the Cedar Hills location).**

For a full list of my upcoming appearances, click here and scroll down .

You Seattle-area locals, please do note: This Tuesday Ganymede formally hits shelves, and its big release event will occur at the University Book Store on the UW campus. Please come out and see me! If you do, you will definitely get the very first signed copies of this book available anyplace ... and anyway, and I'd love to see you there.

[As an aside, I'm also happy to sign other books (of mine, natch), and I carry both a silver Sharpie and a black one for the specific purpose of signing e-book readers. There seems to be a call for it. I like to be prepared.]

There! That wasn't so bad, was it? One bit of merely sort-of book-related news, and one bit of book news. Didn't hurt at all. I hope.

And now, I think I must log off and have a glass of wine, or maybe (holy crap) make myself some supper. It has literally just dawned on me that I haven't eaten since about 11:00 a.m. I should probably go do something about that.

Thanks for reading, everyone - and I hope to see some of you Tuesday night!


* Pretend this is a transition. Please, just go with it. I'm very tired.
** Most of the tour travel happens at the beginning of November, but the Portland events are the first two out-of-town jobbies. True fact: I initially turned down the Steamcon folks because I had too much work to do; I didn't even realize the overlap with the PNBA show (my publisher sends me to this event every year). Man, I can't give myself a break even when I try...