Happy new year to everyone! The last time I sent out this newsletter was August. I've been writing like a fiend since then and will soon have a few things coming into print to tell you about. Right now, I'm letting y'all know that I've just launched a literary blog, at long last. Here's the URL:

http://litboy.typepad.com

Please check it out and bookmark my blog if you like it! You can also subscribe, which means you will get an email note whenever I post something new.

I've also been reviving the Black Books website -- not much is there yet, but soon I'll have about ten book reviews posted, and I'm planning to put up some of the best material from the seventeen issues of BLACK SHEETS magazine that I published during the 1990s. Stay tuned:

http://www.blackbooks.com

Meanwhile, I've been posting a few new articles to my AuthorsDen site, so there's some fresh food for thought over at:

http://www.authorsden.com/visit/mtr.asp?id=26307&loc=Article

...and then you have to click on an "adult content" button because I rated myself "PG" for language on my year-end roundup of catchy things I said during 2006.

- When my AuthorsDen membership comes up for renewal late this year, I will probably export the AuthorsDen content to the blog at typepad.com, since I prefer the blog-style interactive format.

Sooo ... please visit the new blog, and posting something there to get it kicked off would be ever so awesome! ...recipes, New Year's resolutions, books you've read, tips on repelling mosquitoes, thoughts on garlic (you'll see what I mean), or anything else that floats your boat:

http://litboy.typepad.com

I wish each of you a healthy and prosperous 2007. Thanks so much, as always, for your interest and support.

--Bill Brent