I've had a flurry of requests lately from groups who would like to do a "virtual" author visit. Usually we do this by webcam, using Skype or Gmail. But my local library has nice videoconference facilities, so sometimes we're able to connect that way as well. It's easier than you might think, and it's a great way to get to know each other when I can't get on an airplane and fly ...
A week or so ago I said on Twitter that in my garden it looks like the flowers all got drunk, trashed the place, and now they have a hangover. I was not exaggerating--the garden was so overgrown that I could hardly get down any of the paths, and the flowers had all grown so tall and crazy, then flopped over with exhaustion, that it really did seem like they'd been on some kind of crazy binge ...
