Bruce Peninsula just returned from a magical Sappyfest 7: Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere. Just two weeks before that, we were at the Dawson City Music Festival, feeling similarly enchanted on the other side of the country. Thank you Paul Henderson, Jon Claytor and Jenna Roebuck, for being masters in the art of bringing people together. Thanks for winding your heads up tight so the rest of us can go responsibly wild for a few days.

Music for Uninvited Guests premiered at Sappy, probably the most safe and loving book launchpad a writer could ask for. If you're reading it, I hope you're enjoying it in your own way. I can assure you there are at least five good lines in there--which, for a first book, would be totally dynamite.