Just got a lovely letter from a new buyer of Letters to Virginia who was surprised the book was not just one letter after another. I thought everyone knew that. Guess I'll have to change my presentations a bit to include that.

Barb - I read and skimmed parts of Letters to Virginia on the metro train! Wow, you did a lot more than collect letters. I can't imagine all the work that you put into organizing and reading the letters, and then writing a prologue so your readers will understand what everyday life was like back in the 19th century, and lacing together the letters with comments and explanations. I'm in awe! BRAVO! You sure deserve your awards! Carla

"It's June in January." Damn, I want snow. Nov and Dec were too quiet. Hoping 2012 will bring about some signing dates. Went looking for "Wyoming," the farm where Eliza Fendall went during the occupation of Alexandria, on Sunday. Stopped at Mary Surratt Museum, supposed to be close to it but only a one-room schoolhouse from 1800s, all weathered, was near where the farm was supposed to be, in Clinton, MD. . . . Last night had a great time with some warm and wonderful women from the WNBA. No, they don't play basketball; it's the Women's National Book Assoc, which has been around a lot longer than the NBA's women's team. . . . All for now.