happy announcements :)

So now that I am out of the first trimester woods and thankfully creeping past what seemed like endless morning sickness, I can share the happy news that I am working on a different kind of creative project, aka the Hypothetical Child (which is now Theoretical Child) that Charles and I have been contemplating for the last few years. She is due in early December. \:D/

I do have to say that so far, I would much rather be a dragon and get to lay a nice portable egg. Forget the flying cars and the hyperdrive, where are our uterine replicators? Seriously, if we get to the future and we really are still giving birth naturally as per the appalling Star Wars episode III and Star Trek reboot, I am going to Have Words with the management. 

In other happy news, I am actually going to be able to make this tour (I was a bit worried a couple of weeks ago when I was still horizontal on the couch 90% of the day but thankfully I seem to at last be getting the happy second trimester all these books promised me) and now have my schedule almost all lined up at this point:

NYC: 7PM Tuesday, July 13
Barnes & Noble
97 Warren St. (at Greenwich St.)
New York, NY 10007

DC: 7:30PM Wednesday July 14
Borders
5871 Crossroads Center Way
Baileys Crossroads, VA 22041

Orlando: 12 Noon Friday July 16
I'll be at Infinitus con! I'm doing the noon Friday panel with many other awesome writers, and also a reading and signing, time TBA.

ETA! 
I will be signing at 1:30PM Friday in the Infinitus vendor room at the Royal Pacific Resort conference center, and this signing will be open to the public! 

Boston: 7PM Saturday July 17
Pandemonium Books
4 Pleasant St.
Cambridge, MA 02139

Portland: 7PM Tuesday July 20
Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd.
Beaverton, OR 97005

Seattle: 7PM Wednesday July 21
University Bookstore
4326 University Way NE
Seattle, WA 98105

San Diego Comic-Con: 4PM Thursday July 22
Twisting Genres panel in room 25ABC

and I'll probably be doing a signing at the Del Rey booth at some point during SDCC also, will let you all know when. :D

Sorry for not making it to more places -- I have to conserve energy, among other things to get cracking away on Book 7 (working title: Crucible of Gold), which is currently due about the same time as Theoretical Child, which is going to be a challenge. :D