UPDATE!!  I have been swamped with family and work stuff and every time I sit down to write this week’s round-up post I get pulled away by something!  After midnight (which it is now) is simply not palatable to do the round-up because I like to get a chance to really read everyone’s submission a couple of times.  It takes me a good two hours at least to do the 100 word round-up.  I also need to quiet time to reflect on which book I will choose next.  (I feel like I’m standing someone up here!)  

It’s Wednesday, and I just wanted to post briefly that I will be back later tonight (or by tomorrow morning) with the roundup, the pick, and the new challenge.  My last two weeks have been brutally swamped with post-holiday stuff, and year end wrap up for work and I’ve been too exhausted to write much.  But I’m here, and I’ve been reading your 100 Word pieces (even if I haven’t yet commented).

Lou, your book is almost ready to go out and I hope to get it to you before you leave on your trip.  It’s not so much the mailing as that I’m working on designing a little write up that goes inside the book and haven’t had a chance to get to that yet.  But it’s sitting here right in front of me to remind me.

So, ciao for now!