Fan tastic

I love my fans. There's no feeling quite like reading the enthusiastic comments of inteeligent young readers. I can't help sharing a snippet from an email I just received from a 10-year-old girl from the midwest:

"Your stories have just the right amount of suspense and humor in them. All my friends think your books are too freaky, but they can just go right ahead and read books about talking puppies and fairies because, I think freaky books are awesome!"

There may be snow all around, but I feel warm and toasty.

Speaking of snow -- for those of you who are following the charity-challenge, I made it to my Morris Plains school. We had to reschedule from Thursday to Friday, but I got there just fine. The pot has swollen to $8.00.