I'm the fancy new Book Talk producer, and I've already booked myself an awesome interview, Haven Kimmel, author of A Girl Named Zippy and She Got up off the Couch. I interviewed her a few years ago for her last novel Something Rising (Light and Swift), and we are going to talk about her new one, The Used World. The interview will be at 11 a.m. Friday October 19, 2007 at the Benjamin L Hooks Central Library (3030 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, TN) in the WYPL radio studios.

Hey my fellow VPers, I'm getting this blog rolling for all y'all.

Thanks for scaring me in Detroit, Bethany.

So, I figured out two major holes in my story this morning and wrote 2000 words. Oh sorry, I put the decimal point in the wrong place, 20.00 words. (Using decimals makes e'rthing seem more official, or not. The plot hole thing is for realsies, though.)

I never thought I would have sung Bob Wills' songs with Cory Doctorow. Take me back to Tulsa, I'm to young to marry. Ow!

Yer pal,

Stephen

"Shed not a tear for humanity, go fetch my stars."