We recorded the last of the chapters for the Subterranean project today. Rob still has to finish editing it, but my end is mostly done. I’m a little worried that we may have to go back and re-record some of the Spaniard’s lines in the pre-Ricardo Montalban chapters for consistency, but hopefully not.

I am, however, going to call a British friend and get him to say some of the lines where my accent is clearly botched. It’s a very light accent, so I don’t mind it dropping sometimes, but when it becomes neither British nor American, it’s a problem. There are a couple of things that didn’t sound right no matter how I said them, so I’m calling in expert help.

I met with a lawyer yesterday about the continuing saga. He looked over the documents that I have on the case and said that Carlile was blowing smoke. His advice was to go ahead with the claim. If they deny the claim, then we’ll talk about sueing.

Meanwhile, I contacted Marty Robinson, the man who built the original Little Shop of Horrors Off-Broadway pupepts as well as the Broadway puppets. I’ll need an invoice, but since I built my set, I don’t have one. The lawyer said that an appraisal by the world expert on Audrey IIs ought to hold up. Marty said, “HOW CAN A SHIPPING COMPANY ‘LOSE’ SOMETHING THAT BIG?”

My thoughts exactly.

We got a lovely review at Tangent Online for the Winter 2007 issue of Shimmer

The Winter 2007 issue of Shimmer, edited by by Beth Wodzinski, is full of magic, love, poetic prose, and again, magic. Not the kind of magic you expect in traditional fantasy stories—spells and bewitchment—but the kind of magic that pulses through the veins of a well drafted collection to enchant the heart. You will remember these stories long after you have tucked the small paperback among your other collectibles.

A hearty thank you to Karen Meisner for pointing out this lush bit of mixed media, directed by Guilherme Marcondes, which includes some very pretty puppetry.