My publisher, Dram Tree Books, is still holding the annual bookselling/booksigning event today at Books a Million in Wilmington, NC, where the high is expected to reach a balmy 43 degrees. Several Dram Tree Books authors will be there to autograph books. Stop by and say hello.

I'll be home today, two hours away in Raleigh's wintry mix, rather than at the event. Worse than driving out of an area with treacherous road conditions is driving back into it after dark.

If you're in the Eastern U.S., where this storm is providing a one-two punch of winter, please don't get out and drive in it. Stay home, add another log to the fire in your fireplace, and enjoy the company of your loved ones.

Happy Yule, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, and Christmas.