I attended the LA Times Book Fair on Saturday, where I signed at Mysterious Galaxy and participated with my wife Anne in the "Teen Books" panel. It was our first experience of this gigantic festival of books, and it was quite an amazing experience. I was just delighted to see the massive, thronging crowds, all there because of books and reading. Plus, a lot of my fans showed up and that was lovely, too. I always think that I have terrific fans. There is just something wonderful about readers. They are so often so bright and so very active in their lives just in general. Questing, engaged human beings.

I'm home now waiting to hear from editors about the book Anne and I just completed about the spiritual, physical and emotional journey of her stroke, and starting work on a new novel.

Do I ever slow down? Do you? Of course not!