Here’s hoping that 2010 will be a wonderful year for everyone. This is Zulu the kitten demonstrating the best method of relaxing as we launch into a new decade (well, not a new decade mathematically, but you get what I mean).

The sequel to “Spellbinder” was officially accepted by Feiwel & Friends last week.  Hooray!  The next step is copyediting, which is where incredibly detail-oriented people scour the manuscript for spelling mistakes, iffy grammar and suchlike. It’s really interesting to see how many they find, no matter how much you think you’ve checked.

The title (at the moment) is “The Queen of the Abyss,” which the US seems to like but Macmillan UK don’t.  (Groan.)  I really want this book to have the same title everywhere, so some compromise is probably in order.  For now, though, I have to get started on book three…