Squirrel in my walls

I forgot to post my WWFC update last week. You can see a bigger version at Will Write For Chocolate.

There's a squirrel living in my office walls. I can hear it gnawing and digging and scrabbling around; the sound drives me NUTS sometimes, especially when it sounds as if it's right beside my head. I've been trying to figure out what it's doing. Storing food? Building squirrel condos? Preparing for world domination?


Fridge magnet in my Etsy shop.

Jeff had checked around the outside of the house for holes and blocked any he could find, before this new squirrel arrived. In the past couple of years, squirrels have gotten trapped in our air ducts (happy ending) as well as having offspring inside our house (sad ending). I have a bad feeling that the current situation isn't going to end well for the squirrel. :-(



I've been enjoying reading Cybele's Secret by Juliet Marillier, a sequel to the author's Wildwood Dancing. The book isn't yet available in North America, so I'm very grateful to Shane for sending it to me; he sent it in thanks for my sending him a signed Jasper Fforde book a while back.

As I was reading it, however, I discovered a pretty major printer's error: pages 171-182 are missing from my Australian edition! They haven't been torn out; they're just not there. I sent e-mail to the author and publisher to let them know; Ms. Marillier responded within a couple of hours, asking for more detailed info. I resisted the urge to lapse into fangirl mode ("WOW YOU ACTUALLY WROTE TO ME AND OMG I LOVED *LOVED* WILDWOOD DANCING!!!!!!!!!"), but just barely. :-)

There was a bit of plot missing but I figured out what was going on in the context afterward, and I'm still thoroughly enjoying the story.

I've been pretty busy, especially since I'm trying to get a bunch of extra work done before I leave for Atlanta (for GAfilk) this Thursday. Speaking of GAfilk, I'm donating my "Perchance To Dream" painting to the Interfilk auction at the convention:





Very excited about the convention! My friends Maya and Jeff Bohnhoff are the Guests of Honor, and I'm SO looking forward to their concert. Maya, by the way, is awaiting the release of the second two books in her Mer Cycle trilogy.

On the topic of talented friends...

I've posted an interview with Moira Allen on Inkygirl recently. For those that don't know, Moira Allen was my second-in-command at Inkspot and was hugely helpful and inspirational. She also helped keep me sane through the crazy Web site sale phase when I was constantly stressed and freaking out.

After years of working with her online, I was delighted to finally MEET HER IN PERSON in 2001. She lives in the UK now. Moira recently released an updated version of her book, Coping With Sorrow on the Loss Of Your Pet. Anyway, please do check out my interview with Moira Allen.

Back to work...



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