February 23 , 2007:
Sorry that it's been awhile since I've blogged here . . .I'm not quite used to
blogging, I guess. I actually think the word blog should refer to picking one's
nose, as in, "hey, that guy over there just blogged" "yuck, gross!!!" But that isn't
what the word means. Okay, let me start again; the latest developments in my writing
life have mostly been spinning around two things, the upcoming national release of
my newest novel 7 Days at the Hot Corner, and the work I've been doing on a
re-publication of my poem Sheehan, along with a long interview about the poem, my
son, and my career since that poem was published in 1992. This Sheehan publication
will be under the publishing entity United Writers, an invention of mine along with
Rene Saldana from Texas. We started United Writers so that edgy, weird and otherwise
un-publishable stuff might find a home out there and be marketed mainly through the
internet, rather than at the discretion of Barnes and Noble and Oprah Winfrey and
the huge bean-counting publishing companies. Sheehan is our first test case book, so
hopefully all of you will buy a copy when it becomes available, probably May or
June. Much more on Sheehan, United Writers and picking my nose later . . .thanks for
checking in.

For snail-mailers, a reminder, it's a lot easier to write back to emails:
TO: Joshua T from Chula Vista CA. and Ryan T from Tampa Fl.: I do have another new book coming out. It will be available in March and is titled 7 Days at the Hot Corner. I hope you guys like it!
TO: Brittany P from Rhinebeck NY: I love to write and yes, I too have my best times
writing in a quiet private place.
TO: Katie J from Oakfield NY: If you haven't read my second novel Inside Out you
might enjoy it, also any books by Chris Crutcher and Laurie Halse-Anderson . . .they
are both great writers--say hi to your mom and Stephanie for me!
TO: Dylan S. from Marion AR: I already wrote you an email back because you left me your email address, I hope you got it.

Thanks to all of you for writing and to the hundreds of others of my readers who
have written to me: I'll try to keep up as best I can dropping notes back to you
here on this blog, but remember, I have to write and travel a lot too, so forgive me
if I'm a bit slow once in awhile getting back to you.

Signing out for now,
TT