reflections

My friend Cindy took this photo of Kristin Cashore, Gregory Maguire and me talking at the podium before our reading at Simmons last Sunday. I can't remember what was so funny, but I can remember the floaty feeling I had standing there with those two amazing people and wondering how I could be there, too.

I did survive my reading, though I was disappointed that my voice shook a bit. And that I got choked up and teary when I opened with a thank you to Cathie Mercier and Susan Bloom, my heroes. ...