October 1, 2009:

A couple of weeks ago, my publisher at First/Second asked–rather plaintively–if it might be possible for me to have my new graphic novel, CURSES FOILED AGAIN, drafted by October 1. Te first book, FOILED, will be out Spring 2010 and I think they were eager to get going on the sequel. As the contract had just been signed (and I had not even been paid the advance yet) and as the due date on said contract was January 1, I said no. But I love a challenge. And it was enough to get me galloping...