I was at the doctor's office today, April Fool's Day, and the nurse asked me what I was going to do today. Well, I said, I was trying to publish a book, but you can't publish a book on April Fool's Day. "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" she asked me. Nobody in that small town (Abingdon Illinois) even dreamed about publishing books, or if they did, she hadn't heard about it. She thought it was a joke.

It wasn't. I published The Halberd last night on kindle and will publish the paperback tomorrow. It's taken forever. It is the third of three retellings of Beauty and the Beast.

I wouldn't want an April 1 pub date on it. People will look at it and waver - Is this serious? Is it a huge prank? It'll be a distraction.

But April 2 will work just fine. It's taken forever; it can take one more day.