#ooc

But I still have a lot to learn and read as there is a system to keep track of corruption and so on.

But hey, if you don't mind corruption and insanity you might come away with new tricks.

Always fun

Hai

Hi! practices my puppy eyes and tail thump now

Pfft. Try it, puppy. I just spent an hour working on the voiceover for a book on codependency. I am made of steel, at the moment.

Hi!

sighs, tosses the eyes away Maybe it works better if they're fresh.

Steel can get squicked, apparently. shudder

How are you, besides hoarse?

Ah!

Well....that pretty much sums it up. And tired, I guess.

I bet. So, like your character, you have helped break chains of bondage!

Not so much. It's a terribly-edited book. I'm revising sentences on the fly, in some cases, to the closest grammatical version of the original intent. (They'll never notice.)

I also screwed up in estimating the delivery date -- I didn't realize there's a whole Special Bonus Book at the back of the first book. Another 7 chapters. grumble

Oy.

That one's on Manipulation. Fun times.

ANYway....

"Hi, I'm Rahne, and I complain a lot."

"Hi, Rahne!" Waves from the crowd

checks college email, blinks, gulps The presentation schedule's out for the big convention in San Antonio in April.

The team I did data coding/interpretation for is presenting on that Sunday...and I'm supposed to be there.

it'll be okay

You do voice overs, so speaking is natural for you

Not speaking while standing in front of grown ups.

Don't think of them as grownups, think of them as high schoolers past their expiration date

Thank you for letting me use your personal tragedy in an attempt to be clever. All is thus not lost 😉

gulp "Presenting Author" it says....

Yes, by all means, this is worth ridicule...I'm panicked by holy-crap-success. Cue the imposter syndrome.

Zara P has it right. It will be okay. You're going to be fine.

Hoooo-boy.

You'll do great, I am sure.

ANYway....

You have a month to prep.

Somebody talk about something else.

Sure... mind if I ask a question about Brekke?

PLEASE do!

...even if it's about Gwydion-themed undies.

little gold falcons, all around the waistband

What nickname did Brekke get for freeing those folks in the Dreaming again? Chainbreaker?

Shacklebreaker. (Was that just a panic-attack-averting question?)

All hail Brekke Schacklebreaker! Hero! Chieftain! Troll ! ...boinker of Frank!

Slackbot...you know far too much, and must be dealt with.

Yup. Panic averting. 😎