Tomorrow the paperback edition of Practically Shameless starts its 14th week on Amazon.com's bestseller list of books about Jungian psychology. I find this so satisfying that it's hard to put into words.

This weekend I'm catching up on things around the house, and on blog entries, after one of the busiest months I've had in a long while. I ran three weekend workshops in a row, and all were a big success. I knew in advance of the first of three that there would be things I wouldn't have a chance to do in between, and I was right. About all I had time to do was keep up with family and get enough sleep.

Rest really becomes the issue when I'm running workshops, and I'm finally getting good at dropping into bed promptly when I get back home or back to a hotel, rather than trying to stay up to get some things done. It's a little like parenting in that way, when it's often necessary to let the house be dirty or messy in order to do what's more important.

So far, 74 copies of the audio book have sold, all purchased from me, and so far none from Amazon. Sometime soon I'll send emails to buyers of the audio book asking them to do me a favor and post a review at Amazon. I learned from Amazon this week that reviews of the paperback and audio editions will be mingled together on the pages for both, rather than separated, and I guess that makes sense. But it means that someone wanting to know what the audio book is like as a listening experience won't necessarily find out from reading customer reviews if those customers comment more on the story than on the technical aspects of the recording.

A lot is happening on the publishing front, and I'm at work on several manuscripts. It's wonderful to be back at work on a book. It's hard to describe what it feels like to know that I can write a book and see it published and in people's hands and getting read. Really thrilling, and the fulfillment of a dream I've had since I was quite young.

I'll also be putting the Clean Talk CD for sale at this website sometime within the next week. It's a CD I recorded with my brother Cliff last fall, primarily for group facilitators.