Oh, ok. It's not that lazy. But it is a Florida day. We're borrowing someone's lovely house, and have escaped the positively wretched Minnesota-ness of Minnesota in February, and instead are gazing out at the blue-green Gulf and listening to the breeze through the palm trees. And ogling the boats that come and go in the marina. Jeff is hatching plots to sail the world. As for me, I'm content to amble around in my flipflops and drift in the pool every twenty minutes. You people who live in southern climates have a good thing going, let me tell you.

Like I said, not so lazy, just lovely--work has followed me here, like it does when you work for yourself. Wherever you go, there it is. Much afoot with work these days. I'm whaling away on the novel, for starters, and that's moving forward by leaps and bounds. I just got a two-book deal with Hazelden Books for a couple of recovery-related books that I'm excited about, and I'm getting to work on the first of those. I'll be teaching at the University of St. Thomas, in St. Paul, MN, this fall, and I just can't wait. Just for fun, I'm a finalist for the Minnesota Book Award for Madness. And--at last!--I finished that law article that's been on my desk for months. It'll be published in July, and I'll post a link then.

The paperback of Madness comes out pretty quick--April somethingth. The cover is completely killer. I will post more about publicity stuff in the next couple of weeks as I learn of it.

Too much sunshine has made me freckled and a little dazed. Sorry to post so briefly--promise my next post, which will be from the wilds of a never-ending Minnesota winter, will be better!

Hope all's well with all of you. Your letters continue to make my day, and I'm doing my best to get back to you as soon as I can.

Peace,
M