Oh, is this about the Luidaeg question? I was referring to this part from chapter 5 of When Sorrows Come and Such Dangerous Seas

Ooh thanks for letting me know, I should be able to come to that!

Hey, that was me and yup I am UK based!

My parents live in London but I'm not visiting right now sadly, I live all the way up in Glasgow!

(Explanation: these started because at Funcon there was a workshop where you combined creatures and I made this bearphin that kept getting mistaken for a beark. I learned how to sew at the workshop- that creature was the very first time I used a needle and thread, and I won a Beeblebear for him 😄)

They won a commendation in the Masquerade and after hearing that, my partner said “Scar Ward, multi-convention award winning creator of stuffed animal hybrid creatures” and that is my favourite bio line now 😂

I felt like being in costume again on the Monday and I did wonder, is it okay to turn up to a panel in costume? Would it break some unwritten rule of professionalism?? But then I figured my costume with magical animal companions is pretty on theme for a portal fantasy panel 😂

(For the record, one of those The Unkindest Tides is for my partner, three copies of the same book is a perfectly reasonable amount 😂)

I bought Toby books at the con bc I asked mum to send ones left at hers, as I wanted those signed, but despite being sent 24hours tracked, they ended up arriving 10 days late. Now my collection is an even more eclectic mix, but at least extra copies will help feed @seananmcguire.bsky.social's cats😄

Signing haul, two of my current fave series and my childhood fave 🙂

The Fendahl, from the Fourth Doctor serial Image of the Fendahl

And an article I wrote on animals in kidlit: