More on Opal Mehta

This is a clear account on the Byzantine relationships between Alloy, agents, authors and publishers.

http://www.observer.com/20060508/20060508_Sheelah_Kolhatkar_pageone_newsstory3-2.asp

Grapeshot comes up with her own ideas, writes her own books and sucks it up a lot, but not nearly as much as some.

Good news on the literary front: 2 stories found homes this week, one at a crime and suspense e-zine, and the other in a literary journal (next winter). Now if only one of the books would find a nice home, just a little brick ranch or a cozy cape, no McMansions or drafty old Victorians.

GS