Well, it’s been a while …

I can’t believe that this is my first post since May 20. I’ve chirped up now and again on Twitter and Facebook, but for the most part I’ve really just been enjoying the silence.

Y’all will be seeing a major uptick in blogging from me (and my distinguished guest blogger, Nora) starting July 13, as that’s when we’re leaving for our trip to Detroit. We’ll be in Detroit from July 14-19, then we’re flying to NYC and will be there July 19-21. Our time in Detroit will be spent doing book research and our time in NYC will be spent standing in line for cheap last-minute Broadway tickets. (We may even participate in a ticket auction or two.) Nora also wants to go see the Statue of Liberty (which we didn’t visit last time I brought her to New York) and she wants to schlep out to Brooklyn or Queens or whatever to go to that “Oddities” shop. And she wants to drag me to the stinkin’ Chip Shop again, to which I say, “Isn’t one fried twinkie enough to last you your whole life through?” Anyway, we’ll be photoblogging the whole crazy mess, so stay tuned.

In other news, I’ve completed the preliminary outline on THE UNSTEADY EARTH. Once I get my editorial feedback on THE WARLOCK’S CURSE, I will go back over both books and make sure they function as a cohesive duology. Once that is done (and TWC is off to the copyeditor) then I will have a lot more time to work on all the shorter pieces I have promised. Lots of writing to get done before the end of the year.