I’ve been dying to go public about this for a while, but I wanted to make sure it was all solid before I did.  I am DELIGHTED to announce that I have sold a follow-up anthology to The Starry Rift to Sharyn November at Viking Penguin.  Life on Mars: Tales from the New Frontier is a young adult science fiction anthology that takes as its leaping off point that we do go to Mars in 2040, as announced by George Bush last year.  Some of my favorite writers will create stories somewhere in the timeline of that future Mars.  It should be a terrific book. It won’t be out till some time in 2010, but if The Starry Rift is anything to go by it will be beautiful.  I’m also delighted to be working with Sharyn again, who is one of my favorite people.

Well, had the echo stress test done and, according to the doctor and technician there it’s all clear.  It’s still got to be examined by a cardiologist and I still need to see my own doctor, but it looks like I’m not dying any faster than most of the rest of you.  This is good news, and a relief.  Added to the news that I got my job, things have been good since I got back from Denver.  I can’t believe I’ve been on leave for three weeks already, though. Gack. Still things are going well, which is nice. I’m thinking relaxing tomorrow would be good.