Dean Koontz is loved in Belgium and Italy.

Author defends his ‘Mr. Teriyaki’ anecdote as merely humor.

The first feedback review with one of the Eight is at 9am EST at a local diner. Curiosity and terror are the words for the day. Perhaps Eggs Benedict will soothe the unsettled critter within.

Had a hard time sleeping this weekend, partly over the unknown, partly over the fact The Wife banned computer use. Her decree was just and reasonable, but the withdrawal was no less painful. In place of writing this weekend, I lived.

Must do that again…

This site has tons of interviews with contemporary authors in RealAudio format.

Conducted by Don Swain, the interviews are well-done and roughly between twenty and forty minutes in length.

Received this via IM from one of The Eight tonight:

[20:20] renamedforblog: damn dude
[20:20] renamedforblog: you’re such a bastard
[20:20] renamedforblog: I’m flying through your book.

By bastard he meant, can’t put down your manuscript and it’s keeping me from work, sleep and food. Interestingly, he is much further into the story than I expected any reader might be by this point, so far in that we’re meeting Monday morning for feedback review, ahead of schedule. That’s encouraging. Two other readers assured me they will make the 11/23/2005 deadline. And of the rest? Well, they remain at large, free of any pressure or influence from I. Unless they read the blog…