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 I got my galleys for Shiva's Arms in the mail today. It feels nice to be out (almost) of pre-order limbo. 

In keeping with the mood of the hour, here's a chuckle from the Bookgasm blog:
(50) Reasons No One Wants to Publish Your First Book  

2.  They’re afraid your author’s photo is going to alienate readers. That’s right, dude: You’re too ugly for literature.

4. Where are the vampires?

6.  It probably wasn’t a good idea to base the main character on yourself, considering how much most people seem to hate you.

 8.  They liked it better when it was called JANE EYRE and didn’t suck.

11. Iambic pentameter? Really?

 19. Most good books aren’t created with the sole hope that they might someday be adapted into a Martin Lawrence movie.

 21. And the 78th to submit a chick-lit manuscript about an attractive woman’s sweet tooth and affection for footwear, called CHOCOLATE AND SHOES.

 31. There’s a fine line between writing authentic regional dialogue and making all of your characters sound like stroke victims.

 46. Historically, books written solely to settle a bar bet seldom make it to print, especially if they were written during a seven-and-a-half-hour period in the same bar where the bet was made.

50. Again, I ask one last time, where are the freaking vampires? —Allan Mott