Do you ever watch JIMMY FALLON, late night host after Jay Leno? Harlequin romance novelist MURIEL JENSEN, pictured above right, wrote to KATHLEEN STRECKER, editor of Coast Weekend. He does a segment called (I think) Dont Read This Book. And guess who made it last Friday night? Yes! Yours truly. My 1988 book, THE DUCK SHACK AGREEMENT drew the honors. Negative, to be sure, but who cares? I was mentioned on national television!

And any publicity is good publicity! Muriel observed. He also does a segment where he writes thank you notes thats pretty funny. So I wrote him one, because the price of that book on Amazon was pretty high. So he can do that to me anytime!

Ah, the thrills of a writer-turned-office flunky. The Ear can almost hear her sighing.

Elleda Wilson