The Book Thief

It is 12:10 a.m. I have to be up in less than 5 hours.

I could have been asleep at 10:30, but I was reading The Book Thief by Markus Zusak.

The best books are the ones that you keep reading. Even though you should be working, even though you should be paying attention to other things. Even though you should be sleeping.

The Book Thief is a very good book.

The Movers Come in Eight Hours

With luck, I'll get to sleep for five of them. Unlikely, but I can hope.

We're packed for the most part, but we're at the stage where we can't tell anymore because everything is surrounded by boxes. I was going to take down the computer tonight, but after all the trouble I'm having with the damn washing machine (bloody front loaders), I may just head for bed early.

Early. Yeah, right. It's 12:30 AM as I write this.

Anyway, once the move is underway I will have no comuter access for at least 2 or 3 days, so have a good weekend, and when I get back I'll tell you how pulling the rest of the goo off the study floor went.

Small Magics: Update

A quick post tonight because I'm up way to late once again and 5:30 AM is coming far too soon.

Laura Diehl, my magnificent illustrator is doing great things withthe cover art, and Gwen, my publisher and I are just working out the schedule for the next two months before the book hits the shelf.

Meanwhile, I'm learning as much about generating publicity as possible, because I want to actually sell a few of these things!

Time for bed.

Tuesday Night...

And I really don't have a lot to say. I promised myself I'd blog three nights a week, and this is one of them. Unfortunately, I really don't have anything to say.

So here's a couple of writing links:

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/fiction/

http://wyrdsmiths.blogspot.com/

Two good if very different blogs about writing.

And now, it is late, and I still have several pages left to write.