I know I already posted, but I just had to share.

For those of you who don't know, a large portion of the publishing world is female, and in the Writer's Digest Books (Thanks to Brian for pointing out my lack of specificity) and Writer's Market teams the proportions are a bit...extreme. WD has no men on the editorial or designer end, and WM is down to two. I feel sorry for them on days like this.

I came into the office this morning to hear that WD and Betterway editor Michelle Ehrhard was in labor. (I love the fact that the editor of Writer Mama, by Christina Katz, is becoming a mom.) Of course we were all giggly and excited--the last time someone had a baby on our teams was years ago. This afternoon Greg, one of our production team, was nearby when we got the call that Michelle had her baby. Greg beat a fast retreat muttering something about baby fever as the rest of us crowded around to get the details. Michelle had a baby girl, Bridget Joelle (we're unsure of the spelling so far), and both are doing fine.

Congratulations Michelle!