Au Revoir. . .

        

 

          My finger hovered over the button for several seconds. I had read, re-read and re-read, an editor friend had top edited, my daughter proofed. I added a few more details, subtracted others. Then, I pressed SEND. There was no turning back. More than 60,000 words went flying off into cyberspace.

          The manuscript for my book is now in the hands of my editor at Rizzoli. We're a long way away from the finished product of course. There will be more edits, questions, clarifications, fine tuning with the art director, reaching consensus on the illustrations for each chapter, but still it's finished and I can't quite believe it.

           All of this is to say, I'm back to blogging. I still hope to have my wonderful friends visit when they feel so inclined. They all add amazing value-added material as Marsi would say.

          Over the days, weeks and months to come I'll tell you some of the things I learned in my scores and scores of interviews in the writing of the book. As for next week's calendar, I'm not sure what is on the agenda, but I promise to try to give you pleasant surprises.

          Weather report: If you were here and you loved autumn as much as I do, you would be extremely happy. It's another one of those glorious, golden, sunny fall days. The temperatures are brisk and invigorating, all is right with the world.

          A demain my trés, trés, chers amis.