I'm at 56K+ on the Heir and must report that yesterday and this morning it sucked. I have since reordered many chapters and will do another read through today and tomorrw. Sigh. Waldenbooks in Santa Rosa just now got The Spare. That seems slow to me. And no one I know in Canada has been able to find it, plus someone just pointed out that the cover is not embossed like Lord Ruin was. Arrggh. How come? I told myself that it was because they spent so much on the hot artwork they couldn't afford embossing, but even I, the queen of rationalization, sees that as a pretty major stretch. This is what comes of sitting between Barbara Freethy and Brenda Novak at a book signing. A great opportunity for me to see Real Writers sign books. But I got a few pity signs. Plus those two are really nice. Me, I'm just the writer nobody heard of and whose books nobody can find in the stores. There's no embossing on The Spare because my publisher knows it's not worth it for mid list flunkies like me. Yes, I am neurotic. And before I do the full "Carolyn-becomes-her-mother-before-your-very-eyes" (Arghhhhh! Run for your lives! It's the martyr queen and she's out of control!) I will take my sucky MS to bed with me and fix it.