I'm finally over that pesky cold; I don't think the English weather is helping at all, it's been freezing and wet lately, pretty much everyday. 

But a nice mention for The Ask and the Answer in a year-end round-up in the Telegraph by Philip Womack, who incidentally gave The Knife of Never Letting Go one its very best reviews in The Literary Review.  Cheers for that!

I also wanted to mention a very excellent blog from the US called Books Not Bombs.  It's run by a high school student called Jackie and is full of good book reviews and young adult book news.  Great stuff, check it out.

And hello to the raft of new commenters!  Brian of Wexford (& his impressive ampersand), Rebecca, Ashley, Amanda from Canada (I know the feeling, Amanda), Sam (hi again!), Renee (cheers for all that, esp. about the writer's tips), Aideen, Mady (if there are ever open auditions, I'll be sure to post them here), Jolene, Marta, Aine, and Jessy (I'd have no problem with you writing to Summit at all, Jessy).  Great to hear from you all.