Four Days Early

I got word this morning that The Cardinal Divide will go to press today (Tuesday, August 26), a full four days ahead of schedule! A testament to the diligence of small but feisty NeWest Press, and the fine staff they employ. It’s pretty exciting to know that the book is now out of my hands. It’s also a little terrifying. There are no take-backs once the book is printed. You live with the mistakes. So in a month or so and Cole Blackwater will be lurking around book store shelves, and I'll get to live with the consequences. No matter: as Edward Abbey and the British Foreign Service both said: Never apologize, never explain....