It's time for the annual Xena Con again, when I get to see dozens of longtime friends and celebrate that which brought all of us together -- a quirky, campy love story of a warrior woman and her bard -- Xena: Warrior Princess. I'll be signing copies of my latest, Photographs of Claudia, along with Sea Legs and others. If you're planning to go and want me to hold something in reserve, drop me a note through the Contact Page here.

In case you missed it a couple of weeks ago, Missy Good, Linda Crist & I had an absolute ball talking about XWP fanfiction on BlogTalkRadio with host Allaine on a show called Femslash4Fans. The podcast is available here, and listeners are already clamoring for more with Xenaverse bards like Susan X Meagher, D Jordan Redhawk and Kim Pritekel.

Speaking of Photographs of Claudia, thank you to those who have dropped me a note to say you enjoyed it. I've also gotten a few notes of frustration from readers who've had difficulty getting their hands on it. No clue at all why Amazon is telling customers it won't be out until 2011, but I've followed up with my publisher and she assures me it's shipping, and they'll straighten out their order page eventually. If you're tired of waiting, Bella Books has it ready to ship out the door, and if you want it right this minute, try the ebook.

Those of you on Facebook may have seen my status update yesterday. I had to say goodbye to Cody, my 18-year-old tuxedo cat who never quite left kittenhood. It's the first time in 25 years that I find myself without cats, and I'm sure that for the next few weeks I'll imagine her slinking around the corner, and look twice to realize it's only a bag or a sweater on the couch and not Her Lazy Highness curled up in the sun. We've decided not to get another cat for a while, but we may offer our home to hold some critters in foster care until good homes can be found.

Don't forget the YTour in Ft. Lauderdale starting February 12 -- that's only two weeks away. I'm looking forward to seeing old friends, meeting new ones, and leaving this foot of fresh snow behind. I'll have a very cool announcement in a couple of weeks about something new I'll be doing in South Florida. In teh meantime, I'll get two more weeks down the road on Mother Load, the 4th book in the Shaken series.