Ulp

I've never been able to decide -- is it a good thing or a bad thing when someone comes out with a book similar to the one you're working on?

I've been working on a novel for about a year about a San Francisco girl who works for a bank being sent to bangalore to help open an offshore call center. I wish I had been able to work fast on it, because -- up to now -- no one else had covered the subject in a novel.

Here's hoping the zeitgeist lasts long enough for me to finish and publish my book.