The Hazzardous Universe

The phone call from my editor: "Hey Jules, how are you doing?"

"Good . . . I am good, aren't I?"

"Well that depends on if you're okay with an early 2011 release of The Hazzardous Universe . . . we were thinking February."

This is where I rupture my editor's eardrums with my girl screams and do a happy dance that makes me look maniacal on the front porch of my country store.

This moment has been a long time in the making. In 2007, I went to LTUE (Life, The Universe, and everything). I spoke on...