My editor is flying in this afternoon for a time of work and play.  It’s always a great time when the two of us can get together.  I love to bounce plot ideas off her.  For sheer fun we’re heading to Leavenworth (the Bavarian town in Washington that several of my Christmas books are based in) for an autographing and Oktoberfest.  Then on Monday I’m off to attend career-oriented workshops in California.  The folks at 92 Pacific Blvd. are not happy that I’m leaving them up in the air once again.  I can already hear them grumbling in the background.