Puzzle Solved

Just in case you were worried. And I know you were! That website had 1 letter wrong, so the heisters were just masking an unused domain, not a domain belonging to the author. It forwarded so quickly, I didn't catch that.

Phew, puzzle solved.

Other than that...

I have company coming in a month. I'm planning a trip to Las Vegas. Maybe. If I can go.

I have a deadline looming for the Behind the Muses anthology in a week and not quite ready. So I've been forced to cut back on things like blogs and e-mail.

Also, I was talking to a friend long distance and out of the blue... "Yeah, I know another author." 5 years this book has been published and they never told me.

It actually sounds pretty interesting. From Amazon.com I see Alyeska Gold is a mystery. It starts in Fairbanks in 1907 during the gold boom up there. I used to live in Fairbanks and have placed one WIP that I could work on when I'm done with that other in this local.

That phone call got me missing another friend. I haven't talked to her in a long time. I think she was irritated I wouldn't come to visit after she found out I drove to Colorado. Big difference as I had traveling partners to share the cost. Guess I should call and say... okay, I might have been galavanting around the West, but doesn't mean I wouldn't like to visit. I just have to be careful with my money because I'm writing these days and working temporary jobs to pay the bills. A trip with airfare, hotels, and a rental car isn't on my horizon. A trip with just my truck and Motel 6, now that I can afford.

Me and the Motel 6 spokesman Tom Bodet are buddies! One of the authors I've read bio says something about luxury hotels and world-wide travel. I would say that I drive with the tailgate down (increases gas mileage about 15% in my truck) as I galavant around the West staying at Motel 6 and eating at Denny's. As of yet, I haven't had to bake any ground squirrels over an open fire. (That was in an episode of Survirorman.)