Congrats!!! How are you going to celebrate?
Varian Johnson | Homepage | 11.20.05 - 11:12 pm | #

Congratz! See,now that's why I haven't quit my job yet. Two checks 10 months apart just won't cut it with the mortgage company.
Don | Homepage | 11.21.05 - 12:02 am | #

Congratulations! Wow, I guess I assumed you got the advance when the contract was finalized, not when the book was finalized! This business seems slower and slower all the time... But that must be one great check to get!
Alison Dellenbaugh | Homepage | 11.21.05 - 8:40 am | #

Wonderful news--well deserved.
Cynthia Leitich Smith | Homepage | 11.21.05 - 4:34 pm | #

Thank you all. Celebrate? Well, I figured I'd be a good little writer and reinvest it. I'd thought I'd put it toward getting a full web site designed, but now it feels premature for that.

So, I might put it toward a laptop -- we're still a one-computer household, and that can't last. Or I might blow it all on CDs and books pertaining to other biography subjects. Any other ideas out there?
Chris Barton | Homepage | 11.22.05 - 5:21 am | #

Congratulations!
My vote is the laptop!
roz | Homepage | 11.22.05 - 11:02 am | #