I don't get a chance to brag much, so here I go with a good one:
Last time I entered a blog here (a long time ago) I mentioned that my friend Joaquin Peralta was working on a new book. Well, I edited that one, and it's now on the market. It's titled An Almost Private Eye and you can get a peek at the flack for it at Balona.com.. I feel good about that, but that's not the chief reason that I'm blogging today. The CHIEF reason is that Joaquin has finished another one. And this is one of the best yet. I was the editor, and the book is out in galleys (ARCs Advance Reading Copies) to reviewers right now.

The book is titled Bandits!, A Dangerous Adventure on Gold Rush Trails. It's a story about a kid who is kidnapped in 1853 by the notorious California bandit Joaquin Murieta. The book will be on the market in January 2009, but will probably be flacked on the Balona Web site this fall.