A busy morning with much to recommend it

I awoke this morning to a bit of an email bombardment, due in no small part to some combined forces on Twitter - but it was all good. First of all, I was alerted that John Scalzi is at it again; and by "it" I mean "being very smart, compassionate, and helpful when it comes to his fellow writers." Thanks tremendously, John - and thanks also to Warren, who plugged my name into the alert as someone you, the readers, can reasonably support by following John's suggestions and advice.

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