Parents are boring folk. They have little else to do but boil cabbage, scrub floors and dote on their beloved charges. For that reason, if no other, we at Coode Street have allowed the original web pages for Jessica and Sophie to lapse into disuse. To correct this situation, and to perhaps help get some information to loving grandparents and others, a new site has been set up at The Ministry of Little People. It is the official new site and will eventually contain photos, information on comings and goings etc. At the very least, it will have a full report on Sophie’s upcoming third birthday party, and whatever else we can fit.

It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was posting information about the reading period for Science Fiction: Best of 2004 and Fantasy: Best of 2004. Well, we’re done and dusted. It’s over. Karen and I have closed the reading period for the two books and contracts for stories should be winging their way to a couple dozen people very shortly. It’s way, way too early to post lists – we may not be able to get some stories and these things change – but I will when I can. Now all I have to do is get those introductions and story notes done and we should get the books finished for the end of the month. Busy times.

I’m continuing to play with the blog. At the moment I’ve turned on the blogger comments just to try them out. Don’t know if they suck or not, but we’ll find out. In the meantime, the Quicktopic comments are still in place.