Elaine,
I hope to see you post in Crimespace soon.
Love ya, toots.
Joan...Ohio Sister

I've just heard of what happened :o( Hope you get well soon! You're in my thoughts!

Though you can't be reading these right now, someday soon you will be able to look and see how we all are wishing you well and cheering you on in your present struggle.

Good wishes coming your way...slowly but surely day by day.
Speedy recovery as Joan says there are more books to write and can't write them!

Hugs and best wishes, you sweet thing, you. Hurry and get well, there are books to write, and I don't know how to write them. So, I guess it's up to you....Ohio Sis

Elaine,
Kick butt on this with your usual flair. Get well soon. We love you and miss you.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. I wish for you a speedy recovery.

Elaine,
You are in my thoughts and though tears won't help you, I cannot stop them right now. You are strong and brave and kind and I know you will make it through this horrible set-back. I am so glad that PW review came through when it did. The mystery world needs your talent and humor and originality. Fight hard and come back soon!
Leann

Elaine,

Finally free (temporarily) from a backlog, I'm trying to catch up with the folks who have stopped by my page. Thanks for doing so. And congratulations on the PW review.

Congrats on the PW review. I know you must have been SO happy ... and relieved. But you deserve it!
Take care,
Leann

You'll really enjoy Malice, Laine. It's big enough to bring in lots of writers, new and established, and small enough so you can enjoy their company and not feel lost.
See you there.
Elaine

I just wanted to say Thanks! For writing one of the best reads I've had in a long time!! High Heels Are Murder was a joy!! Can't wait to get my hands on the rest of that series!!
I'm attending my first Malice this year and can't wait!! See you there! :)

Of course you can still wear your jammies -- that's the writer's uniform.

But I can still wear my jammies! I'll check it out--thanks!

Dear Laura:
Thanks for reading me any time, even when I was a columnist in St. Louis. I now do a blog with another Crimespace writer, Nancy Martin, as well as Sarah Strohmeyer, Michele Martinez, Harley Jane Kozak and Rebecca the Bookseller on the Lipstick Chronicles. http://thelipstickchronicles.typepad.com/
Stop by sometime. Unlike a newspaper, you don't to have fetch a blog off your lawn.

Elaine Viets is my friend. Yay!

I was about to say that I used to read your stuff in St Louis about a hundred years ago--but then I decided that it would not reflect well on either of us! You, however, look fabulous, as always! Congrats on the cool PW review....

I third that - congrats on the great review at PW! Every author's dream!

Among other nice things, they called it "rollicking fun and felony."

CONGRATS ON THE FABOO PW REVIEW ELAINE!!