Juneau, rocket engines, big snakes and Ms. Gwenda Bond presents...

1. Jeff Bezos says he has found the Saturn V rocket engines from Apollo 11 - wicked cool doesn't even begin to describe this one.

2. Titanoboa!!!! (I've already preordered the Smithsonian DVD for my son.)

3. The Juneau Empire has a [short] excerpt of MAP up online. I'll be in Juneau on Monday so it's nice to see them spreading the word already. (Two radio interviews while I'm there - kinda nervous about those....)

4. The AK tour is the reason why I've been largely absent this week. I'm still messing around with the my slide show and a zillion other little things. I will be getting in a few posts while I'm traveling and tweeting photos. Be sure to follow me if you want to see some shots of mountains and moose and everything else I see.

5. My pal Gwenda Bond has revealed the cover for her upcoming YA title, Blackwood. I love it so much I had to include it here - can't wait to read this one (or Strange Chemistry's other fall titles).