I haven't gotten nearly enough sleep this week, and I'm exhausted. Work has been nuts with the launch and debugging of our new web site, and last night I was up until 3:30 am finishing a spec for a site I'll be building freelance and gratis, and getting ready for this trip to Philadelphia.

As I was walking out the door at 5:45 am this morning (yes, do the math!), I noticed a Federal Express letter waiting for me in the vestibule. I opened it on the Amtrak to Philly and discovered page proofs for "The Day Pietro Coppino Spoke to the Mountain," which I now know now is tentatively scheduled to appear in the August issue of Realms of Fantasy. That means end of May or beginning of June, since RoF is a bimonthly.

By the way, I'm finally field-testing my new Centrino laptop. Yes, I'm writing this from a Starbuck's in Philadelphia—18th and Market, to be exact. I've had way too much caffeine today, which I suppose makes me wired and wireless at the same time. But damn, this wireless stuff is cool. I could easily get to liking this.