I swear, a longer post is imminent. (I was on a deadline crunch of epic proportions and just feel fried at the moment.)

Please do take a quick look over at Guys Lit Wire where I share a list of titles from the Ballou Holiday Book Fair list that are on sale (crazy sale, like many books less than $10 and a couple even under $5). These books might not be enjoying these prices again in the spring when we return to Ballou so if you were thinking about shopping for the school and could grab one now, before we shut down, we would appreciate it.

And I might be back shortly with a link to something cool, if it goes up anyway. I'll be back soon to let ya know, promise.

ETA: I'm up at John Scalzi's Big Idea today with a post on writing about real people. Here's a bit:

It is difficult enough to write about what your friends did when everything ended up all right, but to second guess wrong decisions knowing nothing was ever the same again, or to pore over NTSB accident reports that only reveal what happened and never consider why, brings a whole new level of seriousness to the narrative. The investigators are very good at determining where the flaps were set and the condition of the weather, but they never consider what a pilot was thinking in the air or what was happening on the ground before he ever took off. I chose to ask those questions, and thus had to acknowledge the answers I found.

Oh - and BONESHAKER IS GOING TO BE A MOVIE!!! Yea for Cherie Priest!!!! (And steampunk fans!) (This is very cool, but not my cool news. :)