Talked to Jay King briefly about the role he will be playing in my vast and sprawling literary empire from now on. To start with, he's going to be sitting in on meetings, helping me work with illustrators, and helping me keep up with appointments and deadlines. There's more to discuss there, but that's how we're starting it. I'm completely rearranging the business end of my work next year, and he is one of the people who will be helping me to do that. He's got a great head for numbers.