Mister Miracle is too hard for Sophie to say, so her mum taught her to call him "Scott" -- parenting WIN. I think Jack Kirby would agree.

writing an afterword for "The Cradle" — oddly enough, there's a ghost in there as well.

And so . . . I just finished my November project. Final word count: 56,047. It's called "430" and it's about ghosts. Also it's mostly true.

Midnight. Sandwich.

Starting to see people ordering copies of "Assam & Darjeeling" and "Matters of Mortology" as presents is putting me in the holiday spirit...

When I'm editing, I'm always suspicious to find a page without any corrections. What did I miss?

Gray morning. Having breakfast with Sophie, watching squirrels munch on the seeds mama left outside for them.

settling in for some heavy edits on the (wishful thinking) final proof of "The Cradle" — you heard me, try not to gasp.

Black Friday, Cyber Monday... sounds like a series of crappy spy novels.

Prepping the turkey last night was a good plan, much less stressful today. And I got to watch Justice League cartoons with Sophie. Yay.