I other news I have decided to turn my back on the long-nosed gelid wraiths of the high-falutin Forest of Agentry, and submit no more to their antediluvian conceits. I am heading to Smashwords to make my way in the new Frontier of self-generated publication.

Wish me luck.   I am fitting out my wagon with powder, shovel, rifle and bacon sides and will soon be crossing the dread alkali deserts as an Unknown Pioneer. My oxen are ready, my harness is trimmed and taut, my stirrups are jangling and so on.


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