11.1.11

How neat those numbers look. It feels like just the right day to send Rosa Mira Books out into the world, along with The Glass Harmonica. I woke too early, abuzz with mental lists, but I don't think much remains to be done, except to butter bread and whip around with the vacuum cleaner. And fuss. And tweet. And cast an eye over the website once more.

I hope anyone who wants to will join us, here or wherever they are, raising mug or glass and good wishes at 5.30 p.m. NZ Daylight time. That's 1.30 a.m. in Buenos Aires; 4.30 a.m. in Edinburgh; 10 a.m. in Delhi; 3.30 p.m. in Sydney; 12.30 p.m. in Hong Kong;  and it's still the 10th January in Utah: 9.30 p.m.

Speed now, eBook, and make yourself known wherever the wind blows free (and even where it doesn't). Never before has your like been published. A thousand hands will grasp you with desire and read you with great attention. (With apologies to Hartmann Schedel.)