Who knew I had so many friends in the Twin Cities? Sujata Massey provided me a place to crash Thursday night, I saw many of my favorite librarians yesterday and had dinner with one of my favorite TMP lurkers last night. Today -- more friends, in and around book-signings.

Also, a new reader of this blog heeded the call and brought me wine last night. Iowa City, Des Moines, Omaha, Lincoln, Pittsburgh, take note!

And although it's not quite 10:30 a.m., and a Saturday to boot, I've managed to put in a 2-W day. True, the 1,000-plus words I wrote are not for the novel, but a planning document for what I must dub TMP (The Mystery Project) for now. Still, it was a good stretch of work.