Crickets, in fact.
That may be because there's little to report. Well, except the next book is now tentatively titled Dead Quiet. You all were waiting for that, right?
The above picture was taken on a beautiful but windy day in southeastern South Dakota earlier this month. Half the week I was there, it rained. And rained and rained. The usual rainfall was about 4 inches and it was already 14 inches!
Whatever it didn't drown, it grew. That included, unfortunately, the bugs, anything and everything from gnats to chiggers to mosquitoes. So that wind? It was a Godsend. But I still returned home well decorated with bites.
Now it's time to get serious about writing again. My editing date is November 1st and if I miss it this time, like I did (twice) on Dead Wrong, my editor will string me up by my lazy thumbs.