First, Roo doesn't even seem sick. Brought him home from the vet yesterday afternoon. He's on antibiotics and I think we caught the UTI early. He's gained .7 of a pound since the vet last saw him in the fall, so yay Roo!

Second, John finally nailed down the formal offer from Roc about Age of Fire 5-6 and they settled the numbers. I get to see my brainhatchling through to completion, so yay me!

I listened to Howard on Late Night Jenga Jam and he did a fine job, mostly talking about heroic fiction. I was expecting more talk about how you could also tell a sword & sorcery tale through machinima but it didn't come up. Black Gate got some good plugs.

Oh, as you know, whenever I get a book deal I commemorate it with the purchase of a collectible. I really have a lot of dragons lying around the place so I was thinking about this:
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