Several people have inquired why I will be traveling so much when I claimed that I would not do so this year. The answer is simple: I’m restricting myself to ten weeks on the road. While that may sound like a long time, it is a drastic reduction from what I’ve grown used to. That is why California in June is a temptation, not a certainty – I might not be able to work out the time.
Knowing that I am stuck here makes me feel itchy and restless.
Amy Joy wrote to say that my daughter looks exactly like the photo of me at seventeen, if the girl were the sort to brood. This is true – she is my physical clone. The only contribution from her biological father is the fact that she is the first person in my entire extended family who does not have pale blue eyes.
This means that, if anyone gets recognized when the book comes out, it will be my adorable youngster. She is much more capable of handling the attention; in fact, I would send her out to do the press if I could. Her capacity for chit-chat is in fact legendary.