Locus’s 2011 Reading List, assembled based on the recommendation of Locus contributors, editors, and reviewers, has me glancing at my To Be Read pile and wondering if I can’t stack a few more on the top before the whole edifice collapses.  I’ll have to stick with buying ebooks for a while, though, since our little apartment is fast becoming crammed with books and textbooks.  Law schools ought to include the estimated cost of new shelving in tuition.

As of a few days ago, the copy-edited manuscript of Three Parts Dead is back at Tor.  Now I get to breathe easy for a little while, which, for me, means pressing on with research & writing for my next book.  Cryptography, cybercrime, economic collapse, warfare, and tradecraft–obviously, I’m writing a tender coming-of-age story about some kids trying to find themselves after college.  After a fashion.

No, seriously.