Thanks!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! We're feeling pretty thankful ourselves lately for all the readers we have, the friends we've made, and the people who enjoy, support, and share in our creative endeavors. Like Lydia Her and East McDowell Jr. High, who presented me with this incredible framed manga portrait of Sotaro and Toyo from Samurai Shortstop. (That's going on the wall in my office!)

Sometimes the long days of sewing dolls, writing third drafts, and blogging about swell stuff feels a bit overwhelming, and we wonder why we don't just take a break. Wouldn't it just be easier to sit back and watch Firefly again? Or play Beatles Rock Band? Or read that new Scott Westerfeld book we just bought? Then someone sends a nice e-mail about Wendi's dolls, or Alan's books, and we remember all over again why we do all this stuff--because we love sharing it with all our friends.

Thanks for being a part of our lives!