Yes, Virginia, literary agents take vacations too. And I took one off the grid for nearly two weeks. Yesterday was my first day back and I barely made it online anyway. My post-vacation assessment is looking crammed: 6 contracts to review, nearly 200 e-queries that came in while I was gone, and 30+ pounds of snailmail. Wow. I think it might take me a few minutes (ha) to get things up to speed and have the office feeling organized again. I started into a new manuscript last night already. I didn’t take anything but actual real books on my trip, none of which were by clients. I read 6…
* No Regrets by Shannon K. Butcher (romantic suspense)
* The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld (historical mystery)
* Move Under Ground by Nick Mamatas (er…. Lovecraftian Kerouacian fiction)
* On the Fifth Day by A.J. Hartley (thriller)
* Ceremony in Death by J.D. Robb (futuristic romantic suspense police procedural)
* Spook Country by William Gibson (thriller)
And parts of Inside the Criminal Mind by Stanton E. Samenow.
I did other things too. But, no time to get into that now. Busy, busy….
Et in arcaedia, ego. 
Welcome back and glad to see you got some fun reading in!
Good to see you back.
It’s nice to hide away for a while. I can tell you’re just ever so excited to be back. 😉