Yesterday was Independent Bookstore Day here in Seattle. University Bookstore—my stomping ground when I lived in the Wallingford neighbourhood; great book shop!—celebrated with giant poster boards of Hild with the face cut out. Several people tried it out.

Penguin rep @colleenaconway gets her Hild on

A visiting musician gives it a go…

I couldn’t be there (I was out on the water celebrating a friend’s book launch—more on that another day) but it would have been instructive to try my face for Hild’s. Then we could find out once and for all if I look like my protagonist or not…