I love the Catholics of Nebraska, I guess, but I was, to say the least, a bit disappointed when I got off the phone radio interview and found that I’d missed a phone call from my absolutely favorite living American fiction writer. Yeah, it was bad news, telling me (very kindly and regretfully) that he couldn’t accept an invitation to write something, but still. I could have actually had a conversation with him…

Rats! I’m such an unprofessional pathetic FanGirl, eh?