I have just returned from a fourteen-day book tour to promote Gauntlet. I was on radio, TV, and in what feels like at least 100 book stores. I was extensively tutored by my publicist, Antoinette Kuritz, but even after that it was difficult appearing on television, and I don't think I'll ever really get used to it. But we started with a bang: right off the bat my publisher announced the incredible news that the entire first printing SOLD OUT BEFORE THE RELEASE. She was scrambling madly to get ...