And I failed! I am totally not done with the draft of my novel! Whoops!

In my defense, I spent a lot of November in Nashville and Birmingham and North Carolina and other places that are not "in my lay-z-boy." And I find it very hard to write when I am not in my lay-z-boy. So anyway, I hereby declare December NAtional Finish A Draft Of Your Book Or You're Screwed (NAFADOYBOYS).

In other news: Quite a few people have commented on the blog or sent me emails asking me to post the speech I made at the ALAN NCTE convention in Nashville. The speech is going to be published in "Booklist," so I can't publish it here quite yet, but if you email me (soundnfury [at] yahoo [dot] com), I would be more than happy to email you a copy of it. But anyway, you should read it in "Booklist." Also, you should read the Booklist Blog. It's the only blog I check every day, other than Lindsayism and, of course, Barney's blog.

Also, check this out: "There ain't nothing like a fly honey with problems."