Anne Chadwick has been dashing off terrible artwork at her home in rural England for only a very short while. She started life as a singer and viola player (please send any amusing viola jokes to author(at)batchetface.co.cc) but has turned her hand to proofreading because the world needs writing—ahem—righting. Another passion of hers, alongside music and championing good usage of English, is the learning of other languages. The current target is Arabic, through classes, book-learning, reading Arabic literature and—most important when learning any new language—interacting with real live native speakers; in this case, Arabs. Her current addiction to crochet leaves little time for other relaxing occupations but her as-yet-unnamed comic bats keep her company when the hooks just won’t do what she wants them to do. You are likely to see her modelling (or “modeling” in America!) the odd crocheted creation around the con, if you look closely enough.