I’m supposed to receive the galleys for my book on Friday. Apparently galleys are like proofs of some sort. I don’t know if it’s laid out like the book will be, or just the text. I guess that I’m supposed…

I wonder if I’m the only person who ever gets random horrible thoughts, like a split-second vivid hallucination about losing control of my faculties and doing something really really awful, hurting someone or something. OK, I doubt I’m the only…

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I’ve been meaning to write for the past week or so, but kept getting sidetracked by other things. The most exciting news is that Arushi and I had our first interview about the book. It’s supposed to appear in the…

On January 28, 1986, I was in the eighth grade. I had a mini-job as a library aide during one of my class periods mid-morning, shelving books and stamping check-out cards for students. I knew that a space shuttle was…

I think that one of the saddest songs ever written is “Another Day.” It’s been performed by numerous people, including This Mortal Coil, Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, and it was originally written by Roy Harper. I have not seen…

The book is going to be published around the first of March, and it will be in stores by May. We get galleys in mid-February and have to have them proofed and returned within two weeks. Yikes. You can actually…

Don’t feel much like writing lately… tired and worn down. Work is very stressful and busy, and the cluster headache thing is making me sad and exhausted (but not as exhausted as Doc, of course). Got some good news about…

Happy birthday, Mike! It’s really hard to believe that I have a brother who’s 27. I have co-workers younger than that. Weird. Also, happy anniversary to Mom and Dad! I once again experienced the Steve Jobs Reality Distortion Field. I…

Wow — this whole book thing is just surreal. Today the publisher sent me their spring catalog. It’s a nice, four-color catalog on heavy glossy paper — and our book is on page TWO. Page TWO! Out of, like, THIRTY!…