behind everyman has made wal-mart's top ten best-sellers list in the "beach reads" category.

my hebrew translator, amit yariv, says me'ahore kolgever (literally "behind everyman") will be out by the end of september or so. just in time for the jewish holidays.

baruch atah kolgever.

here's a mock-up for the cover.

today is my two-week anniversary as a transplant. busy shopping for a car, schlepping to ikea, setting up the new house, etc. (yes, i said house, not an apartment, rather a house...as in one of those larger dwellings most of us grew up in), which is why i haven't posted.

i've also been busy going through another round of edits on the new book, which i hope to have finished by the end of the month.

for fun:

took in my first game at dodgers stadium (where basbull had ben berry berry god tu me philliez--sorry dodgers fans). thanks to drew and the good folk at reality check studios for the tickets.

more fun:

i was guest author of the westside book club, an invitation from wunderblogger hilary. thanks to all you lovely women for the comments, questions, good food, and especially to mary, who, (fasten your seatbelts for this one) in a moment of undeserved flattery, actually compared my "how to prolong a cliffhanger" schtick to othello. for some more photos, go here.