1.0MaryRajotte.comhttps://maryrajotte.com/blogMaryhttps://maryrajotte.com/blog/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6lnbYqgqyo"><a href="https://maryrajotte.com/blog/2007/11/22/like-pulling-teeth/">Like Pulling Teeth</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://maryrajotte.com/blog/2007/11/22/like-pulling-teeth/embed/#?secret=6lnbYqgqyo" width="600" height="338" title="“Like Pulling Teeth” — MaryRajotte.com" data-secret="6lnbYqgqyo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://maryrajotte.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> I dreamt last night that silverfish had found my chapters, character sketches, plot worksheets, and various other notes for my book and were happily feeding on them and turning them into piles of dust.  Not exactly a comforting thought as I sit here, more than 21,000 words behind schedule and with only 8 days to...http://maryrajotte.com/blog/wp-content/images/postphotos/firstsnow.gif