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Not a lot to tell you today, except the following:

1. I have the flu.  It was fun for awhile, but now I’m bored with it.  Do you want it?

2. Valentine’s Day is coming!  Would you care to participate in this contest here?  I’d really like just a few more questions.  That would make me happy as many clams.

3. I’ll be at the Tucson Festival of Books in March!  If you’re thinking of coming and on the fence about, please realize that I am extraordinarily attractive in person.  Cherie Priest will attest, since she is there, too.

4. Here, look at the French cover art for Black Halo.

Ordinarily, I try to avoid cover art discussions, but fuck if I haven’t been completely spazzing out about this cover since I got it yesterday.  Beyond just being well-done, this is the kind of fantasy art I used to see in books when I was a kid.  It really evokes that feel of…what’s the word?  Epic?  Dark?  Otherworldly horror?  I’m not sure.

But I do love this cover.  I love it so much.

It’s done by the supremely talented Marc Simonetti and if you peruse his Deviant Art page there, you’ll see some really amazing art.  Good on, Fleuvre Noir.  Good on, Marc.

Jesus, I want to cry, it’s so cool.