Thanks soooo much, everyone! Nancy was kind enough to change my name so I can use it as a publicity piece and maybe finally get rid of some of those scarves!
Buslady, that IS me in my avatar. It's a painting of me when I was about 16. Long story behind it.
My hair is MUCH longer now. That photo is about 2 years old and was the most recent from a bunch of publicity photos I had for my secret writing career. Now that I look at it, I'm seriously thinking of hacking it all off again. It is a real pain when it wraps around your face when you're trying to sleep.
Anyway ... since I didn't get a stitch of work done yesterday, I think I'd better spring into action!
Thank you all for your support!!!