THE WINDS OF DUNE is now on its second week on the New York Times Bestseller List, and the newly released paperback of PAUL OF DUNE also debuts on the NYT mass-market bestseller list.  WINDS is also on the Publisher's Weekly bestseller list, and we just received word that it is #8 on the Australian SF/F list. For those of you who couldn't attend one of our book signings and still want to get an autographed copy, you may want to try contacting the stores on our tour; Brian and I sign additional stock before we leave, and the stores...
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I came home from Toronto Wednesday afternoon, very glad to set foot in Colorado again (and glad for thin cool air after the weeks of the humid heat wave that had followed much of our tour).  Rebecca met me at the air port—a very welcome sight!—and we picked up Cheesecake Factory salads on the way home for dinner.  The cats pretended not to remember me for a few minutes, and then they remembered they were attention starved (especially Linus, our half-feral cat who won't let anyone else pet him).  It was great to sleep in my own bed, use my...
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We fought early morning traffic in Ottawa to get to the train station in time for our trip to Toronto.  This time, fortunately, the air-conditioning worked in the train, and Brian and I each had room to spread out and work on our laptops.  I edited four HELLHOLE chapters during the ride, so that I had nearly caught up with my typist, who had e-mailed me more files the night before. Directly after we disembarked in Toronto, we caught a cab and went straight to a booksellers' and librarians' event for the Indigo bookstore chain and HB Fenn book distributors....
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We fought early morning traffic in Ottawa to get to the train station in time for our trip to Toronto.  This time, fortunately, the air-conditioning worked in the train, and Brian and I each had room to spread out and work on our laptops.  I edited four HELLHOLE chapters during the ride, so that I had nearly caught up with my typist, who had e-mailed me more files the night before. Directly after we disembarked in Toronto, we caught a cab and went straight to a booksellers' and librarians' event for the Indigo bookstore chain and HB Fenn book distributors....
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