Enjoyed Kelli and Ann’s reading last night, especially the part where G and I got to go out to dinner with them beforehand, where one of the readers (can’t tell you who!) threw red wine on the other in a fit of rage. Just kidding. But there was some hilarious (for those of us on the other side of the table, anyway) wine spillage action. I’m going to have to quit being a hostess of the SoulFood Books readings, which I’ll miss, since I’m moving in November.

Got an order for a chapbook last night, and I realized that after I fill that order, I don’t have any more regular (without printing problems) chapbooks left. I’ll have to post the “sold out unless you go through Pudding House” sign on the “Female Comic Book Superheroes” chapbook sale page. I still have some irregular (printing problems) ones I can bring to readings, I think.

Battling a sinus/sore/throaty head cold and, according to my back specialist today, some kind of cervical spine nerve problem. (I’ve been having neck and shoulder pain, and last night during the open mike, my entire right arm went numb.) I am hoping both go away in the next week so I can be healthy and happy for my Ohio/NY mini-tour.

Still trying to figure out where to send “second” book manuscripts (I now have two full-grown ones ready to go.) It seems that all the listed contests are for first books, and after that, good luck! Maybe the Pleiades Press or the Journal/Ohio State?