I just got back from the fabulous Boise Murder in the Grove Mystery Writer's Conference. It was a good day with fabulous food, and I got a chance to hook up again with a friend from my legendary Utah writer's group. I had a nice chat with Sorche Fairbank, an agent I haven't met before, and a lovely breakfast with T.L. Cooper, who organized the shebang and is a writer in her own write. We swapped recipes.

I'm worried that some of the people I asked for partials from at BEA and Murder in the Grove are put off by my auto-reply. Let me say again: if I asked you for something, send it to me. I'm just closed to blind submissions in order to catch up on the backup from the school year.