[Norman Ball]

I have two new essay collections out.

How Can We Make Your Power More Comfortable? (Del Sol Press, 2010)

Midwest Book Review just gave it a 5-star Reviewer's Choice, though they persisted in referring to me as 'Mr. Bill' all the way through. Oh well, I've been called a lot worse. My Play-Doh's built of sterner stuff.

[I notice I'm languishing at 1,876,550 on the Amazon bestseller list. What does one have to do to break the 1.8 million glass ceiling?]

Also:

The Frantic Force (Petroglyph Books, 2011)

While I'm on the podium thanking the Academy, I'll note that an essay of mine just came out in Glide magazine:

http://www.glidemagazine.com/article...owies-toy.html

A lot of my essays get their genesis from bantering about on Internet forums such as Eratosphere and only later evolve into the highly polished gems that you'll find so handsomely bound in the aforementioned books. So thank you for more than one provocative discussion folks.

norm ball

[Adam Elgar]

Great news, Norm. Keep up that bantering, here and wherever.