Saturday, October 16, 2004

All right! We're going to have to all disregard that last entry, considering the fact that shortly after writing it, my new old computer became obsolete. Now I have a new NEW computer! This is the first brand new, never-before-used computer that I have ever owned. So now, I hope you'll all stay with me as I start again. I am going to get back to work redrafting Metrognomes just as soon as I can get the file onto this new computer. I also bought a new desk, but I haven't put it together yet. Fresh starts are nice. I'll try and have new dates posted for you to hold me to, just as soon as I can get it all sorted out. Meantime, I've been tinkering a bit with the outline for "Metrognomes II." On another note, I really love all my fans in the UK! The Gay Vote has The Great Debate listed as #26 (paperback) and #27 (hardback) in the gay sales ranking. Yet another UK bookstore has the book listed as #7 in religious book sales. How amazingly wonderful for my ego! So, thank you very much. As for the US, unfortunately, there have been some issues with Ingram, the group that distributes my books, and iUniverse, my publisher. They have made assurances that the problems will be resolved shortly, but in the meantime, there will only be two copies of The Great Debate available to stores in the US for the holiday season. That will smart! I'm not sure if the UK is affected by all this, because I don't know enough about how the books are distributed there. It all depends on if Ingram has anything to do with it. Whatever the case, it will all be worked out very soon, and I will keep you posted. Also, there are still some US bookstores that already had the book in stock before all of this occurred. So all is not lost. Outside of my writing, it's been a very rough year for me. I'm glad I have you, my devoted readers, to keep me going strong. I do it all for you. Well...most of it. A great deal of it anyway.