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The next day of the mini-tour dawned bright and fresh. Well, actually, it didn't quite dawn, because I had to be up at 4AM to get to the airport. Fortunately the hotel was close, I printed out my boarding pass right in the business lounge, and as soon as I checked out there was a shuttle to take me along. The driver was a jolly plump man, and we talked about how expensive it had become to live in Seattle. It was plenty expensive when I lived there lo those many years ago, and my sister and Psynd

Good morning, all. Last week I was tromping up and down the West Coast with Richelle Mead, tagging along on the first leg of her Mega Tour Of Death. Seriously, she's traveling for more than 20 days, with events almost every day and very few breaks. The woman is either insane or superhuman, quite possibly both. Oh, and she has great taste in music, too.

The trip started out on Tuesday last week, when I had to get up early and roust all the kids so Coyote Boy could drive me to the train station. (V

I've just arrived home from the mini-tour with Richelle Mead. Dude, Richelle's fans are hardcore. I also got to meet a few fans of my own, which was awesome. Each event was wonderful.

I know today is Friday, but the entire trip was exhausting. We literally saw nothing but airports, our media escorts' cars, the events, and hotel rooms. Unfortunately, on trips like this you can't really do much sightseeing. Richelle's a trooper–she's got something like twenty more days of touring. I don't know how

Here's where I'll be this week:

Tuesday, August 25th, 4pm

University Bookstore, Seattle, WA (Richelle will also be at the Renton Borders at 7pm, for those of you on the other side of the lake.)

Wednesday, August 26th, 4pm

Upton Library event, sponsored by Mrs. Nelson's Toy And Book Shop, Los Angeles, CA

Thursday, August 27th, 7pm

Not Your Mothers Book Club, hosted by Books Inc. – 855 El Camino Road, Palo Alto, CA

Regular blogging will resume on August 31. Be excellent to each other out there…

Good morning! I'm packing and getting ready for the start of the Grand Mini-Voyage tomorrow. It will be very good to see Richelle again, and though I hate traveling (I liked it fine until airports started resembling Kafka nightmares with petty Napoleons at every point) I will enjoy meeting Readers and having several hours to knock off a few books of my own while in transit.

Today is going to be extraordinarily busy. So, a list!

* New ebook reader taking on the Kindle. This company's signed an agre

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I'm getting ready for the mini-tour and knocking off wordcount on Heaven's Spite, so today we have a list of five things about writing as a career.

1. Writing is a physical act. Yes, you do it sitting in front of a word-processor, or sitting at a desk. That does not mean it is effortless. The sheer brute physical labor of typing eighty to a hundred thousand words for a novel (and let's not even talk about revisions) is hard on the delicate structu

It's chicken-with-head-cut-off time. There's the trip next week and wordcount and ARGH. So, three things today.

* First off, more on the Google Books Settlement. Richard Curtis asks where all the "concerned" people were before all the work was done. More links, of course, as I find them. Feel free to post links in the comments, but keep the shouting/arguing to a minimum, 'kay? Thanks.

* Just finished The Storm of War, which for a one-book history of WWII was magisterial and pretty good. Some of th

I received another communication from the Author's Guild about the Google Book Settlement. It included "Freely forward and post this message," so that's just what I'm doing. Also, Gillian Spraggs (Wolfinthewood) has linked to an objection against the Settlement by Scott E. Gant, as well as some fresh information.

Again, I don't want shouting matches over this here. I offer the links and the communiques from the Guild as a PSA only. And if you do happen to go over to Wolf's journal, please be poli

I've finally got a final itinerary, which means I can announce a mini whirlwind tour, featuring the inimitable Richelle Mead. Oh, and yours truly. Next week we'll be shaking it up in Seattle and California!

Tuesday, August 25th

4pm University Bookstore, Seattle, WA. The University Bookstore is right on the Ave, the street where the Anna Beguines start out.

7pm Borders, Redmond WA. I believe this is a Richelle-only event. She is Pure Awesome. Go and see her!

Wednesday, August 26th

4pm Mrs. Nelson's To

IN the three-things-make-a-post category, because I have no time:

* Listening to Cake while I run actually fixes a lot of problems. Specifically, a mix of Fashion Nugget and Comfort Eagle gets me through a half-hour of running and knocks plot bits loose inside my head. Who'd've thought it? Their renditions of I Will Survive and Ruby, Don't Take Your Love To Town are particularly toothsome.

* PZ Myers knocks it out of the park again, with Bring Me The Heads Of Penn And Teller. Here's the nut for me