You never know who will see what you post online

And sometimes it works out in really cool ways. Several years ago, we had a group of girls (with one in particular) who were really wild about Orson Scott Card and his Ender's Game series. OSC is perennially popular here, but this was a case of hard core fandom. Luckily for us, he visited our fair city in both 1998 and 2000 while on book tours. Both times, several of us trucked over to the bookstore to see him, get books signed and, of course, get our pictures taken with the man. The photos were then posted on our photo gallery.

Here's where it gets interesting. Some time ago, I received an e-mail from the folks at Enslow Publishers. There were preparing a biography of OSC and wanted to know if they could use one of those photos. I said yes, with the proviso that they send us a copy of the book when it was out. Well, now we've got it in hand: Orson Scott Card: Architect of Alternate Worlds by Edward Willett. And there's the top photo from the photo gallery, in living color, on page 89.

This one's for you, Jocelyn -