Gail Carriger

My darling Gentle Reader, I am in the enviable position of being In Demand. Well, my new book is. Or, more to the point, my new book which isn't out until next February is.


It's not secret in some circles (namely Goodreads) that ARCs of E&E are getting out into the universe. There have even been some very kind and lovely reviews already. I was under the impression ARCs were not being sent out until closer to the release of the book in February of 2013. I think that this is because if we sent them out too soon people will forget about it by the time the actual book releases and what would be the point of that?


I know that you, Gentle Reader would never forget! But for others there's a sudden house move, or a surprise wedding, or an invasion of chutney daemons and then silly books about chubby floating Finishing Schools and a young girl with a nose for covert activities get forgotten.

A year is a very long time.


Nevertheless, some ARCs are being distributed from my publishers at promotional conferences this spring and summer. I haven't sent any out. No one is playing favoritism. I believe some turned up at one of the librarian conventions recently and were given out on a first-come first-serve basis to teen readers and a few bloggers.


This is all entirely outside of my control. I try really hard to play as fair as possible on my blog and other social media. So far, I have only passed along ARCs to my beta readers and my mother, and even they are under orders to guard them with the might of a thousand barking tiny dogs.


I promise, as soon as I am given the OK I will run some sort of little give away for some of the ARCs. Winners will be random number generated, so anyone who wants to participate will have a chance at an ARC regardless of location, blogging power, or social media standing. Cross my little heart!

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .



Your Tisane of Smart . . .
What would Jane Austen's hero have packed for the weekend? Travel in the second half of the Eighteenth Century.

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .



PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Working first draft.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
Curious about Countess Nadasdy? Here's a cookie for you. And another.


Quote of the Day:
"To acquire the habit of reading is to construct for yourself a refuge from almost all the miseries of life."
~ W. Somerset Maugham

Every year my Mum throws a lady's hat tea party. The requirements are simple: cook something fabulous, wear a silly hat, and come lounge about in her garden swilling tea and gossiping for an afternoon.


It was pure propinquity that it happened to fall on mother's day weekend. I showed up Friday for a mini ode to the Mum and then was set to work Saturday morning before the event.


After 30 odd years my mother has finally determined that she is best getting me to do small artistic fiddly things and leaving the muscle elsewhere. It's not that I'm delicate. It's just that compared to her I am, and I don't like to get dirty. And, frankly, one of the few things I spoil myself with since I became proper earning author is the occasional manicure.


My mother, on the other hand (oh, see what I did there? hand = manicure, oh aren't I punnish this morning?) is a tomboyish gardener type. She has more energy than that pink bunny and is not in favor of manicures. How she spawned such airy-fairy girly-girl has been a continual mystery to her these thirty years or more.


Anyway, where was I? Oh yes. So with chairs moved and cooking done, I was put to doing the flower arranging.


I've been living in an apartment of some kind or another for simply ages now, without access to her garden, which is amazing, and I had forgotten how much I loved flower arranging. So I guess this is basically a rambling post about that.


In writing news, I'm slaving away on the first rewrite of the second book in the Finishing School series. Editing, quite frankly, is even more dull a subject to blog about than flower arranging. Although, given the cutting, trimming, stripping of excess bits, and putting things in one place and then moving them to another not, in the end, all that dissimilar. And liable, I find, to end just as easily with the author beast damp, confused, but triumphant.

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .
Tea Map

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .



PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Working first draft.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
Soulless Reviews

• Ronnie's take. Alexia Tarabotti: What She Lacks in Soul, She Makes Up for in Awesome.
• And discovered by a geek!
• Quirky City review.
• 50 Book Challenge
• Jessi
• Thoughts on the Audiobook

Quote of the Day:
"That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed with profit."
~ Amos Bronson Alcott

Sassy Gay Octopus asks:
Being blond, gay, and a vampire, you must surely know that comparisons will be drawn to Anne Rice's Lestat. What is your opinion on this? (Mine is that you are way more fabulous & sexy, and I'd much rather have you eat me up, because... well. *blushes*)
My dearest darling tentacled blossom, unlike the immortal words of those other immortals . . . There, most certainly, need not be Only One.


alastairs_piano asks:
Is it rather uncomfortable for werewolves and vampires to be in near vicinity to each other? Some faint, strange supernatural repulsion, perhaps? Or even a more ordinary case of smell? Or is it simply the (usual, though certainly not universal) difference in temperament?
I understand it is all smell from the werewolf perspective and most certainly sight from ours. I mean to say, just look at the poor things, so scruffy.

Scullerym8d0182 asks:
My dear Lord, first of all, so pleased to be granted an audience with your fabulous self. My question is this: are you technologically inclined and if so, are there any fashion blogs you follow, besides Miss Gail's, of course?
Goodness me no, I have drones for that. If there's something I need to see they show me, otherwise I'm all fingers and fangs where newfangled gadgets are concerned.


Jami asks:
Let's say the creator of such hit reality shows like Kate Plus Eight Ghosts and Jersey Shore Wolves (BTW - How do those female Jersey wolves manage to keep their poofy hair even after transforming?) comes to you with a new fashion/makeover show that he wants you to host. You get to choose the title to start with.
I shall call it, Fabulous.
You also get to choose your human co-host, but you have to choose someone from an already established makeover and/or fashion show.
Your choices are Tim Gunn from Project Runway & Tim Gunn's Guide To Style.
Clinton Kelly from America's What Not To Wear.
Stacy London also from America's WNTW.
Susannah Constantine from the UK version of WNTW
Trinny Woodall from UK's WNTW.
I rejected them all and require that horrible blond filberty Kelly female who does the morning show and washing machine advertisements. I should think we would have a lovely combative dynamic.
But it doesn't stop there! No, seems that scientists have found a way to not only prevent souls from going poltergeist for longer, but can also bring back those who had extreme amounts of extra soul. So you get to pick any five fashion designers from any point in history you choose - at least one has to specialize in shoes, please - and pair them with any living fashion designer of your choice.
Oh, my darling wordy bean, I've now lost interest in this question, perhaps I shall continue with it another time.

Sassy Gay Octopus asks:
What are your thoughts on glam rock and the fashion of the neo-romantics etc?
I like the hair.

Have a question for Lord Akeldama? He may have answered it already or you may leave it in a comment below.

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .
I love this idea, a button shaped sewing box.

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .



PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Working first draft.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
You can buy signed copies of the UK edition of the Soulless Manga for $10 via Worldbuilders proceeds to Heifer International.


Quote of the Day:
Esplanade (v.): To attempt an explanation while drunk.

Happy May, Gentle Reader!

The rumor is that the Soulless ebook will be on special all this week!
You can get it for $0.99 on Kindle or Nook. It's a great opportunity to get others hooked since you can give it as a gift. Or just take it for a reread on that beach vacation.


And, of course, please don't forget both my e-shorts are also available for $0.99. You could get all three for less than the cost of a latte. A reading cornucopia!


Amazon
Barnes & Noble
Smashwords (all other formats & countries)

B&N Nook Edition
Amazon Kindle Edition
Smashwords Everything Else

I'm working on getting another short up there while you wait for the first Finishing School and Parasol Protectorate Abroad books to come out next year. I'm aiming for around the winter holidays. This one is about a fairy who disguises herself as a court jester. It's quite silly. There are banana puff muffins involved.

You know, some day I should throw a party where all I do is cook food out of my stories. They are terribly full of food.

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .

mars trouvelot 1877

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .



PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Working first draft.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
New foreign editions arrived in my mailbox.

German Heartless (I have no idea why the camera and the title is something like Fiery Shadows, don't question the Germans!), Polish Heartless, and Swedish Soulless. Speaking of which here's a Swedish interview.

Quote of the Day:
"The bagel, an unsweetened doughnut with rigor mortis."
~ Beatrice & Ira Freeman

Here's the cover for the most recent Japanese translation, Heartless.


This is not the manga but the book translated into Japanese.

In other news:

Soulless will be the Barnes & Noble spotlight this Monday for $0.99!

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .


Your Writerly Tinctures . . .



PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Working first draft.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
Vaginal Fantasy talks a little about Soulless

Quote of the Day:

I admit it, I was raised with tea. I was raised with the symbolism and the ritual, with that sense of peace and calm coziness. Everyday, rain or shine, home from work at around 4 PM the Mum would sit herself down (one of the only times she actually stopped moving) and we would have tea.


When I was little tea came in a sippy cup, mostly milk, just a dash. As I got older the tea to milk ratio began to shift and I began taking my brew stronger and stronger. I still have to remind her, when I'm back home, that now I take my tea much stronger than she does.

But what, pray tell, does tea have to do with life as an author?

This post is more, Gentle Reader, with what tea has to do with life.

I stop for tea.


Every day, rain or since, deadline or copy edits, cubical or telecommute, convention or seminar ~ sometime between 3 and 4:30 pm I will make time to slip off and poor myself a cuppa. I'm not saying this makes me a better person. I am saying I have no idea how anyone who doesn't do this makes it through the day. How can anyone work straight from lunch to closing? It seems to me a tea break should be mandatory. Or at least the concept of a late afternoon pause: time to reconnect, to refuel, to remind oneself there is reason to go on.

It's practically inhumane not to stop for tea.

I mean goodness, no teatime? That's just uncivilized.

Yet here in this barbaric world of suburban Northern California do you know what most cafes do? Can you even comprehend the sin?

Well, I shall tell you.

They close at 3 PM.


I can hear the European gasps of shock from here.

Seriously. 3 PM.

Not that you can get a decent cup of tea at such establishments (but occasionally when I am fighting jet lag I yen for a nice latte.)

So here's my cry of pain. Please, institute teatime. For yourself. For your family. For your work colleagues. Do it for your own sanity. For the sake of civilization. For the good of humanity!

It is possible that teatime might solve everything. All our problems gone in one fell swoop, if only we stopped for tea.


"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
~ Henry James, The Portrait of a Lady



The obligatory follow up questions:

What's my everyday tea?
Twinnings Black Box imported from England (not the American red version).

For a special occasion?
Pure large leaf Assam. No waffling with the leaf, thank you. I want it strong and dark with no herby frills. And for goodness sake no fruit mixers and no sweetener. Why would you do that to tea?

How do I take it?
Strong enough to build a house on with a nice dollop of whole milk. Not skim. Not cream. Don't pussy foot around, people.

Do I ever drink coffee?
I'm even more of a snob about it. I never drink drip, what the Europeans often call "watery American coffee." I like light roast Italian blend lattes, whole milk, no foam (what they call a Flat White Down Under.) And you better believe I will throw away a latte after one sip if it's burnt, scalded milk, too French, or too grainy. And, oh yes, I will throw it away very ostentatiously. Then I'll write a nasty Yelp review. I expect the tea to suck here in the States (except in a self-titled tea house) but don't mess up a $3 latte.

What about Starbucks?
*blank stair*
I like their couscous Mediterranean salads bento box food thingy. Great plane food.

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .
The History of Battenburg cake.

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
What Makes a Critic Tick? Connected Authors and the Determinants of Book Reviews


PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Working first draft.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:

Ivy by Matt Harrison @matchoo28 on Twitter

Quote of the Day:
"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
~ C.S. Lewis

The end of May I'll be in Michigan.


GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .
Beautiful & amazing wind map of the US

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
British vs. American terms


PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Working first draft.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
The whole series reviewed as one.

Quote of the Day:
"You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be -
I had a mother who read to me."
~ Strickland Gillilan

• Outfits Worn: 15
• Business Cards Collected: 10
• Pairs of Shoes: 5
• Modes of Transport: 8 (train, tube, bus, plane, cab, car, carriage, cable car)
• Countries Visited: 4
• Lattes Consumed: 12
• Revelations: 1 (Lapsing tea should be used to make BBQ Sauce)
• British Breakfasts: 7
• Teas Consumed: Countless

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .


Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
Two US publishers turn backs on Amazon.com


PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Visiting the first Beta.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:

• Timeless review
• Another
• One from Kat
• One with silliness

Quote of the Day:
"Never judge a book by its movie."
~ J.W. Eagan

Forgive me for a massive post, Gentle Reader, but I had so little time on the second half of my trip abroad (aka Gail's Grand Tour) that I did not have the opportunity to blog, or even make notes, that I feel I must get it all out at once so I am caught up on my own life.

Last of England

After Nottingham I had a brief few days in London visiting family. I stopped consuming a ridiculous amount of fat in the form of British breakfasts, and actually walked around for a while. Visited the meat market and St. Bartholomew's church.


And was spoiled by the second cousins with a posh trip to the amazing Gilbert Scott at the newly made over St. Pancreas station. The food was absolutely delicious and the company more so.

I saw old friends I hadn't seen in ages. One of them it's been over 12 years and she hasn't changed a bit. The other whisked me away to a speakeasy in Soho. I tasted two cocktails themed on tea, amazing, and after ate some of the best food I have ever eaten in London at a little place called Spuntino's. It's what I would call New York Italian American fusion. It pays to know people who work in hospitality, what we used to call R&B in my day (restaurant & beverage).

I had two clandestine meetings. One of them with my French publisher (there is a good chance I will be in Paris next year) and the other with . . . wait for it . . .


Stockholm, Sweden

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This is a strange life my little scribbles have catapulted me into.

[Posted from Heathrow hotel night before I return home.]

P.S. Flight from Barcelona to Gatwick on EasyJet was wonderful. Pleasant, not crowded, on time and one could buy both magazines and bus/train tickets on board.

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .
I'm brain dead tonight I'm afraid.

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .
If Famous Writers Had Written Twilight…


PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Visiting the first Beta.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
Soulless Reviews from

• Unputdownable Books
• The Fake Steph
• Just Book Reading
• Aquatique
• Teleport City (And also Changeless)

Quote of the Day:

Line from the menu at the parasol decorated restaurant in Budapest. I don't know what the mean by "wingles" but I might have to use that word as a name in a future book.

I was at school at Nottingham Uni over a decade ago. I lived in the international dorm on the MBA campus for a little under two years working on my MSc (an MS for us USA folk) in Archaeological Materials. Returning gave me an inexplicable feeling of warmth. I'd missed the old city. This was compounded by the fact that I still have some very dear friends still living in the area.



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As I said, time and internet are both still chancy. I promise to blog whenever I can.

GAIL'S DAILY DOSE

Your Moment of Parasol . . .


Your Infusion of Cute . . .


Your Tisane of Smart . . .

Jupiter Trouvelot 1880

Your Writerly Tinctures . . .

The Last Bookstore, Los Angeles, CA

PROJECT ROUND UP
Deportment & Deceit ~ The Finishing School Book the Second: Visiting the first Beta.
Etiquette & Espionage ~ The Finishing School Book the First: Release date Feb 2013.
Manga ~ Soulless Vol. 2: (AKA Changeless) First chapter reviewed, drops on YenPlus April 12th. Print release tentatively Dec. 2012.
Timeless ~ Parasol Protectorate Book the Last. Out now!
Prudence ~ The Parasol Protectorate Abroad Book the First: Release date Fall 2013.

BIG FAT SPOILER ALERT on the Parasol Protectorate series! Really, DON'T READ THE BLURB ON AMAZON if you haven't read the other books first!

The Omnibus hardback editions are limited run through the SciFi Bookclub only.

The manga editions, Vol. available in print, Vol. 2 by subscription to YenPlus.

Most short stories available in ebook form world wide!

The first Finishing School book ~ Not yet Released

Book News:
Someone gets hold of the temp blurb for E&E

Quote of the Day:
"Never trust a man who, when left alone in a room with a tea cozy, doesn't try it on."
~ Billy Connolly