Man, what a great year! First Dave Schwartz sells his first novel, and now my buddy Mike Jasper has sold his SF novel The Wannoshay Cycle! His Wannoshay stories are great, fascinating explorations of otherness, acceptance, and intolerance, and the novel is going to rock. Whoo! You can read about the book and find links to some of the stories here. I hope I get to see Mike again soon and raise a glass of bourbon with him in celebration.