October 17, 2009:

Done. Done. Done. I finished the galleys for EXCEPT THE QUEEN (took about another four hours, including the xeroxing of the pages, collating, getting them ready for mailing on Monday.) But I am done.

Then I began working on my talk for Thursday down in Hattiesburg, Mississippi for their BIG READ event. Not reading any of my books, mind you, but WIZARD OF EARTHSEA so it makes writing a talk tricky. Also because it's for both kids and adults.

But the big event was in the evening: the 75th...