Today is the last day to order gifts from our store if you want them by Christmas.

This was our first holiday season as a retailer, and it was very successful. I'm sure glad we made the decision to hire a third party to fulfill our merchandise, because there was no way we could have kept up. I learned a lot, and next year we'll doubtless do a few things differently, but all in all I'm very pleased with how it went.

Now the big run-up to Volume 2 begins. My assistant Emily is laying out the interior pages this week, and I have started brainstorming the cover. We have a title selected and an introduction from a celebrity is on the way. And we even have two printers bidding for our business. Now I just have to get the three weeks ahead on strips that we'll need to be to make our schedule!