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."