Even if no one really missed the site for the past few days, I missed blogging. Yes, I am comfortable sharing that sentiment with the Internet. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and all that.

Meanwhile on the domestic front the book listing drama continues.

The Wife: How much longer do you need to list all these books?
Sam: It’s coming along.
The Wife: Might it come along faster?
Sam: Is that a hint?
The Wife: It’s not a question.

The situation resembles the drinking song 100 bottles of beer on the wall. Only books aren’t drinkable and are so proliferate they literally are the walls. Solution: List and sell me some books. Right now!

After careful consideration the writer/agent workshop is on my schedule. That’s the good news. The bad news, unless a miracle strikes ( go see the movie – anything is possible ), Velocity won’t be complete in time for the workshop. However, on the advice of virtually everyone, I’ve let that go. In place of the finished manuscript I’ll storm the facility with a few copies of the synopsis, the first ten pages and a perfect pitch.