8-29-12 Update...

Looong work day today, saved a bunny w/ a bowel blockage (surgery successful!).   My publisher, Wildside Press, just announced that my latest book, "The Battle for Eden" is now available in e-book format; should be up on Amazon and Barnes&Noble websites soon!  Glad to see it-- e books are more popular than ever, these days, so I hope there will be lots of interest in my story and also in Charles Gramlich's tale on the reverse cover of the book ("Under the Ember Star").   Be well, all...   ~M

August 18 2012:  Just spent part of the day at the Portland Reptile Expo, doing free exams and seeing lots of different snakes, lizards & turtles...met current and future clients as well!  Just got a nice review of my newest novel "The Battle for Eden" which is published by Borgo Press/ Wildside Press...here's the link:   http://randall120.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/under-the-ember-starthe-battle-for-eden-charles-allen-gramlich-mark-e-burgess/#comment-9838    A similar review is posted now on  Amazon's listing of the double novel; it reviews both my story ("Eden") and Charles Gramlich's story ("Under the Ember Star").  Hopefully we'll get a couple more reviews out soon.
    Also just received my author's copy of a new veterinary textbook on small animal reproduction; I contributed 6 chapters to that text.  Its title is "Management of Pregnant and Neonatal Dogs, Cats & Exotic Pets." 

another day, another life saved!

8-8-12:  worked on all sorts of animals today: ferrets, a chameleon, bearded dragon (lizard), sugar glider (gliding marsupial), siberian dwarf hamster, boa constrictor, to name a few.  Just got word from publisher that my 1st novel, "Dog Daze & Cat Naps", has been picked up as an audio book!  Also got word from another (nonfiction) publisher than a veterinary textbook on exotic animal reproduction is finally coming out in print; I contributed 6 chapters to that text, and have been waiting for my copy for many months. (I could use it at work!)  Making lots of friends on Facebook, especially in the American ferret community.  Time to call it a day...  my wife is reading "Battle for Eden" again, now that it's out in book form (she saw the manuscript before it was published, of course).   G'night, all.  ~MB

Busy day today...

...got some writing done on my current novel, "Dark Angels"--another Knacker tale. Spent a lot of time doing my day job (veterinarian, working with exotic pets)...saw ferrets, rabbits, a rat, tortoise, bearded dragon (Australian lizard), python, and yes, even a dog or two (unusual for us, lol).   Everyone lived!  ...so it was a good day.   Back to work on writing now; it's like holding down 2 jobs being a writer AND a vet. `:-p