Eagles Over the Kennebec

It is with profound regret and great sadness that Management announces Dulsey's departure from her position as Youngest at the Cat Farm and Confusion Factory. She will be returning to Pittsburgh by way of Springfield and Ithaca, beginning her journey on Wednesday, June 21.

Management wishes to be clear that this departure reflects only upon itself and its inability, despite best efforts, to provide Dulsey with a stable environment in which to thrive. Dulsey has pursued the duties and responsibilities of Youngest with energy, humor and verve. We have not the least complaint regarding her job performance; we wish her very well in her future endeavors; and are desperately sorry in our failure.

DHL has finally delivered. This means that the paperwork from Meisha Merlin is in hand, and kinzel and I can begin packing actual orders tomorrow. We look to get the first batch of books into the mail on Friday, lather-rinse-repeat until we have our living room back.

Alert readers will have notice that a few days ago and announcement that I was about to Change One Thing in the work in progress, and a request for prayers. The One Thing has been Changed, and the prayers were potent for, lo!, the Change has wrought what I had hoped, and things are moving along quite briskly now, thankyouverymuch.

The score, at the end of the rewritten chapters and one-and-a-half more:

29,492 / 98,000 (30.1%)

Fans of Dulsey, rejoice! She has been having increased periods of Supervised Play, and at this moment appears to be back in form. Her injured foot shows a slight bend, but not to impede her, and only adds to her Intrinsic Beauty. Had we known I would've named her Teacup.

And, on the Disturbing side of the street -- yesterday, I needed to know how to set butterfly stitches (for the WIP), and the very first return on my search was a FAQ for people who mutilate themselves, describing the various self-injuries and how to care for them. Which is ...very unsettling...