You have to throw the stone To get the pool to ripple

It's a quote from the band Squeeze. I often think of it at times like these, and have even adopted it as something of a personal motto. Times like what, you ask? Well, I mailed off a query letter, chapter outline and SASE (stamped with a Gonzo Muppets stamp for luck) to my first publisher today.

If you pray, do. If you don't, send me good thoughts in whatever way you see fit.

(A less spiritual man would point you to my Amazon.com Wish List, accessible if you look over to the right there and click the View my complete profile link. Fortunately, I am clean-minded and above that sort of thing.)