The new story on my website is actually a "Guess who" entry. It is three scenes from Lycan Blood: Volume five.

The clues to who Stoneriver really is have been left throughout the series from the very first book on. There have also been a few references to him sprinkled through the last three Dark Brothers of the Light series.

Read it and play "guess who?"

...Who keep finding the holes in my novels before they land at my editor's desk.

The biggest problem I have with series books is knowing how much back story and other matters need to be added into the next one to keep the work clear. People get lost in them sometimes. That is what led me to create the Compendium. When I get this next book finished, I am going to completely overhaul the free download version of the Compendium. Since Lulu.com requires registration to download or purchase, I'm going to set it up so that the Compendium can be downloaded directly from my website as soon as I finish the up-date on it.

But critters ask interesting questions and notice things that go right past me.

The line edit has begun on If Truth Dies, and the critters are critting.

The question that one of them asked recently caught me by surprise, both in its simplicity and attention to small detail. "Why does Cooley wear shoes when Rory is always barefoot?"

I had not paused to explain that Rory's family is too poor to afford shoes for their children.

I'm starting to be more aware of the fact that if I stop to argue with the critter, I'm wrong. If I have to stop to argue or explain, then it is clear that I failed somewhere in the text. this time around my critter generated Notes for Revision list has run to four single spaced pages.

My editorial meeting with Karen E. Taylor went very well. We're doing this in thirds. Jean says that she'll have it turned around and out in a week after it gets turned in. Ebooks can turn around faster than print.

The title? Oh, yeah. Serpent's Quest, volume one of the Lycan Blood series.

My health is improving. I started back at the chatroom again now that I seem to be stable once more. Until I get completely alright, I'm going to limit my time to 5PM to 8 or 9 PM eastern time Wednesday through Saturday. The link is in my links list.