Some very nice feedback coming in. I had lunch today with Debi, my first reader who effectively doesn’t know me (she works with my wife and is a voracious reader) and her comments were both very favorable and very sweet. It is always nice when friends like your stuff, but man, this is even better. Not that she didn’t have any criticism; there were a few areas of the book...

Well, I finally made my last few quick typo-check corrections, and printed ten loaner copies for friends, family, interested readers, editors, and of course — anyone at all interested in publishing it. Lulu.com’s do-it-yourself printing (without truly publishing, like a vanity press) allows me to print a small number of private copies and enjoy the book like a real paperback, which is quite nice (though at 525 pages, also quite...