Still, it’s fun. There’s a lot of camaraderie between writers on the site. Craig’s advice seems pretty sound. I hope it will work for me this year.

Thank you for including your write-up on the Cooper’s Pack–Seattle Children’s Travel Guide, much appreciated. Moreover, your inclusion of exhibition, a project of mine from a long time ago with another classmate is truly appreciated. I am still quite proud of the work we did creating and publishing exhibition–at the time, local authors and artists would submit short stories and artwork for inclusion in our magazine. I even have a few copies showing early stories by David Guterson. Few folks know this but we almost named the magazine “inhibition” which of course in hindsight, was an awful name. Luckily I went to Sun Valley in the Spring of 1984 and had the pleasure of skiing down a run called Exhibition. If not for that trip, we would have looked a bit silly.

Anyways, just saying thank you and keep up the great work.

Cheers,

Brandon Kyle Rudd

My preference for local (Puget Sound) authors of this persuasion are; Stella Cameron, Susan Wiggs and Jayne Ann Krentz. Several novels from some of these authors have some murder and mystery in them which may be slightly more appealing to you based on what you already enjoy.

When I stopped in about 5 p.m., there were plenty of copies of “Freedom” on hand. I asked if there had been much of a rush; not really, he replied. I mentioned that much of the hype had been East Coast-centric, and Hanson nodded. “Now that I think about it, most of the people who asked for it were from the East Coast,” he said.

Earlier in the day, I bought a copy at Liberty Bay Books in Poulsbo. I had reserved a copy a few weeks before, thinking there would be a rush. When I walked into the store, I mentioned that to the girl behind the counter, who merely pointed to the front table. “Um, you can just grab one there,” she said, pointing to a stack of at least half a dozen.