Whoo-HOO!

As of this morning, Publishers Weekly likes Prisoner of Trebekistan as much as Kirkus does. In part:

I actually did a little dance when I read this. Not quite as skilled as Matt’s, in the video referenced in the post below this. But still. Wow. Actual dancing.

The last few chapters of Trebekistan touch on my Jeopardy!-induced
increasing wanderlust of the last few years, so I suppose it was
inevitable that someone (in this case a kind fellow named
Darrell) would kindly point me to the website whereinthehellismatt.com.

I doubt we’d all travel to the same places for the same reasons for the
same lengths of time.  But the video on the front page is a thing of
glee.

See if you aren’t smiling broadly in about five minutes.

I’m not exactly sure why, but with the gorgeous moon last night and the sun out today it feels like a pudu might be having a birthday.

I’m not sure what you get a pudu on its birthday.  Probably lots of leaves and peace and quiet.

Sorry I’m not posting on the front page more often at the moment.  Trebekistan calls.  But there are plenty of fine blogs keeping you fully abreast in the latest in horror and wonder.

Wherever you are, may your weekend be filled with leaves and peace and quiet.

A note for those who wonder if the current design is final: oh, heck no.

I got busy with some other stuff (which I can’t wait to write about) before I even really got started working on the site.  So the layout, etc. will be in flux again over the next few weeks.  There will probably be times when you’ll visit and find something truly strange as a result

The latest news on the book: it just got its first major review, as of this morning. Kirkus had this to say (dated July 15th, but posted a little early, magazine-style I guess), among other kind words: