Anniversary and a BIG Announcement!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

Talking Animal Addicts

3 YEARS AND STILL SQUEAKING!

Photo Courtesy of Kupcake_Killer

It was 3 years ago today I began Talking Animal Addicts, and like my haphazard attempts in NaNoWriMo, I jumped into the world of blogging blind, but unlike NaNo, I've made better strides on the blogging, infrequent and wishy-washy as my blogging's been this year. Thanks to those of you who took the time to comment and spread the word.

While I'm still on hiatus, there are some big things happening at T.A.A. for 2013, and today I'm announcing the first big step.

After much thought, I've decided to move T.A.A. from Blogger, to a self-hosted Wordpress platform, so I can better customize the experience with the loyal supporters of this blog, and attract a wider audience and while I tried to have the relaunch done by today, it's taking more time than I hoped, so bare with me if the blog has some serious downtime. I'll announce the stable re-launch on the
T.A.A. Twitter Feed so please follow it to know when the re-launch hits.

I'll have more to report in January. 
Have a safe and joyous holiday.

Until Next Year,
May The Fantastical Fauna Be With You
Taurean (Your Frazzled yet Unflappable Literary Rat)

Swinebert Swaggers In!

Yo, Chicks and Chickies! 

I'm Swinebert, one of the new faces on T.A.A. 

Well, I haven't uploaded my photo yet, but I will, just trying to find a good one.

As the Boss (Taurean) told you in his last regular post, I'll be helping him out by contributing to T.A.A. 

But not to worry, he'll be back, eventually, and I'm not just a temp fill-in. I'm part of the new forming staff here, and even with the Boss Rat on pilgrimage leave, we'll be communicating offline on how T.A.A. will make the rest of 2012 a more fun experience for you faithful and patent pals who've enjoyed the earnest yet emotional roller coaster we've been riding so far.

I met Taurean the first time a few months ago, out of respect I won't get too personal, but let's just say he gave the phrase "Compulsive Eater" a new meaning. 

Quickly, I saw he was a guy after me own heart, not that I swing that way, mind you. (LOL!)

Anyway, he told me and my pal Dempsey about his blog and we knew we had to get in on this. 

After learning of his recent writer-related trauma, he asked me Dempsey to fill in for him while he takes the time to overcome his ordeal. We both agreed, and I'm first up to introduce myself.

Check back tomorrow with another update from me. Dempsey and the other new folks on T.A.A. will be arriving throughout the next few weeks.

Hoggishly Yours,

Swinebert

The Daily Squeak (Week of 4/2/12)

Hi All,

A new week, and a new look for T.A.A. Please let me know in the comments what you think of the new design, if something hard to read or access.


Also, welcome to "The Daily Squeak." Since my posting's been erratic as life offline and non-blog writing is getting hard to balance, I'll use The Daily Squeak to update you on new posts and features on T.A.A. I will still try to meet my original schedule deadlines, but if not, The Daily Squeak will keep you from missing new posts and future contests and giveaways, which is another reason to follow T.A.A. on Facebook (Twitter Coming Soon!), and follow me at my Google+ page.

I updated the Future Headlines section.
There's a new "Letter from The Editor, which I'll do regularly once a month, versus separatism as I'd done before, since they take a bit of time. Hope you like this month's one.


Musical Musings may be a bit late, but it will be a review this time, as per our usual format.


Ciao for now.