Final Version of the Near + Far Covers, plus a Sneak Peek at the Promo Items

The classes have filled up quickly and I’m going through things today and writing up the first e-mail.

Because so many people had problems with East Coast timing, I’m going to open up one more workshop, on Thursday evenings, at 4 pm PST, which should be 7 pm EST. If you commented, e-mailed me, or otherwise contacted me about the class (or are one of the people who got shut out of one of the other sessions), I’ll give you the $149 price, otherwise it’s $199, and the same six-week deal mentioned here, with meeting dates on 12/15, 12/22, 12/29, 1/5, 1/12, and 1/26 (I need to miss the 19th) and an optional session at the end for people that had to miss a class.

I’m also writing up a separate notice for an editing service for peeps who don’t know what to do with their mass of writing now that NaNo is over, will add details soon!

Hello from Garden City, Kansas, where I’m at what was once the Wheatlands motel, where Truman Capote stayed when he was writing In Cold Blood. I’m visiting cousins here — tomorrow we’ll head up to Lawrence (with a brief detour through Dodge) to see more cousins.

The trip’s been great so far. Lots to see and time with some awesome folks. Wayne’s cousins Patty and Pete provided us with wine and ammunition. David Boop put us up in style in Denver and had an awesome birthday dinner with plenty of great folks from the local writing community. We did Yellowstone and saw a ton of hot springs and an indifferent teen-age moose. In Hays, I took a picture of the placard for my grandfather, Alex Francis.

I’d go on further but the hotel internet has gone kablooey so I’m writing this in the Target parking lot while Wayne goes for Gatorade. More when we have reliable Internet!