I've been out of town and offline (well off the laptop, on the mobile device).

So that's why the posts have been even fewer.

Nothing big to note tonight.

Tananarive Due said she had some news on Facebook - but she will reveal later. Even the tease made me excited because I love her work. So stay tuned.

Felicia Pride will have a books column at The Root. Very cool.

Selfish note - for the first time in a long time, I spent almost a week away from home and didn't finish a book. Usually I read like a madwoman when I travel. But there was too much stress, activity and just busy-ness to focus on one book.

I didn't even finish the Sunday NYTimes. Still in pieces in my bag.