Eric James Stone

One of my oldest writing friends (in terms of length of time I’ve know her, not age) is Becca Fitzpatrick.  We met in an online writing class in early 2003, and then we were both in the same in-person writing group for a while until she and her husband moved out of state.

In that online writing class, I was working on my epic fantasy novel Heir of the Line, and she was working on a young adult novel.  Becca has a great YA writing voice that showed up clearly even back then, and I still remember details from the first draft.  After a lot of hard work in improving her craft and rewriting (and rewriting and rewriting and rewriting) that novel, she got an agent, and now she has a two-book deal with Simon and Schuster.

I have a feeling that Hush, Hush is going to hit the bestseller lists when it comes out, so maybe when I finally sell a novel, I can get Becca to give me a cover quote.

This was certainly the most debate-like Presidential debate I can recall.

Overall, though I agree with McCain more than I agree with Obama, I think Obama won the debate because he did what he had to do: present himself as serious and knowledgeable about foreign policy, so people worried about his inexperience would feel more comfortable voting for him.

I’m not voting for him, and I think he’s wrong on many things, but having watched the debate I feel more comfortable with the possibility of him being our next President than I did back in March.