The fourth chapter of my homage to the 1001 Arabian Nights, "Feather of the Phoenix," is now up at Book View Cafe. Today's offering also includes Part Three of Pati Nagle's story Glad Yule and Part Three of ACCIDENTAL CREATURES by Anne Harris. CHeck it out! Right now, everything is free (I think) but there will be "fee" stories and novels, and subscriptions for premium info.

At the Book View Cafe blog, I've put up my third post on macrobiotics, and Pati Nagle has put up a mulled wine recipe and a link to her 2009 Elven calendar. She'll mail the calendar to anyone who would like it -- it may be email, or may require you to send an SASE.

We're also doing a fundraiser for writer Vera Nazarian, who is having a such a bad run of luck it trumps my worries. I'm trying to decide what to put up for the fundraiser.

So...what do you know I do that I should offer for the fundraiser? Autographed first editions of my SF novels? Pull my beads out and make something? Bake something? (Although most of the awesome desserts I make are fragile -- that would be better for locals to bid on.)

Must dash out -- errands.