Birthdays popping out all over

I'm posting this now because mergatrude is in Australia, so it should be right on time. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Let me tell you about my friend, mergatrude. She's a wonderful beta reader. If you've liked almost anything I've written in the last, oh, I don't know, three or four years, you can thank her. She makes everything I write ten times better. I don't think she's ever steered me wrong with a beta suggestion. Besides that, she's a good darn writer herself. mergatrude, I hope your day is filled with everything you love best. *hugs and smooches*