I'm patient. I believe in Heinz and Carole King ("Anticipation"). Enjoyed Ducks very much and am looking forward to your next novel [look how long it took to get sequels to Schmitz's "Witches of Karres" and Piper's "Fuzzies" -- and both were worth the wait -- and I'm *still* waiting for the third in the Hiero series...]. I hope that your confluence of evil influences (you did set out wards, right?) has been brushed aside. Good hunting.