December

So we're into December, and that's good and bad. It used to be only a good thing for me. After all, I was born in December, and after my birthday, there's Christmas. As a kid, December was great for me. On top of birthdays and Christmas, we got a couple weeks off of school and some special time to spend with my cousins from L.A. and Palo Alto.

But now, I'm not so enamered with December. Yeah, my birthday still happens and Christmas is still nice, with a two week vacation from school, (as a teacher, the break is still a welcome one,) and having two sons on whom I can bestow presents.

But it's hard to wait out the slow down in the publishing world, especially when I have two books on submission, and THE VASE is actually being seriously considered. I would like to talk about that a little bit more, but I am deliberately withholding information regarding that. Don't mean to be vague, but I will reveal more as the situation becomes more concrete.

What I can say right now is that for THE VASE things are looking pretty good. More later.