I’m so glad you enjoyed the book, but I’m sorry you didn’t get to sleep!

Hmmm…like? I wish I could guarantee that, but I can’t, really. I hope at least that he’s interesting. Stephen is a very troubled young man and not a universal cuppa tea. :D He’s also got to be pretty well torn apart in order to be put back together. Makes for some admittedly uncomfortable moments in the series. I really want to get the next book written so we finally see him in control of his life. He deserves it!

One thing I was able to achieve in the rewrite of the series is, I hope, a better balance between intensity and breathing room to digest the story. In the initial series, I had to cut a lot of that out because Warner demanded I make it shorter. I also made a neat discovery when I wrote ‘NetWalkers that really enriches the relationship between Stephen and Wesley. I always knew there was something important they weren’t telling me, but it took writing the prequel to find out what that something was! :D

In January I had only my desktop computer to read ebooks and I admit I did not get very far reading Groundties before a bunch of other things came up. Plus I have always read books while laying down, even in college. Then a couple weeks ago a good friend gave me an iPod touch and I am so looking forward to reading an ebook somewhere besides my computer desk. I will certainly have another go at Groundties once I figure out how to get it from my computer to the iPod. I am trying to use Stanza and unfortunately Apple as of a few weeks ago no longer allows the USB transfer of ebooks, I have to use a shared wifi connection (isn’t that just silly?). So I am trying to get that worked out.

I did initiate another download of Groundties last week when I couldn’t find the original folder, but the 2nd download attempt pointed me right to it so I did not actually download the file again. I hope that did not raise a red flag or get me blacklisted

I’d like to thank you, Carolyn and Lynn for the blogs and I love the Closed Circle store , just that it exists in my mind is a great accomplishment, a comfort to your loyal fans and something you should be very proud of. Since you’ve begun the sites I’ve forced myself to learn about blogging and RSS feeds (and ice skating and pond keeping ) and I feel that you’ve played a huge role in dragging me, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century. Thank you!