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Time for rejoicing! Electrical power is back on in Halifax, the temperature is above zero (Celsius), and  I'm at the end of Randy's second epic. Now I can get back to the normal rotation.

Hey Randy, I was thinking about British spellings. If you had one of the British characters in your Bedlam novels say aluminum, would he say aluminum like we do on this side of the pond, or aluminium like they do. It is not just a spelling difference, but a pronunciation difference as well.  I think CC or Fergus or one of the other Brits would have to say aluminium. That should get your spellchecker and your US publisher annoyed.
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Hey Randy, if you're moving to Scotland will you start spelling colour with a u like it should be, and metres (not meters) instead of yards, but you should still be able to buy pints of beer.
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Hey Matthew, you're not a very good detective. Our various profile pages on this site give our locations. I'm located in Halifax Nova Scotia Canada, Randy in Michigan as he just noted, CJ in Georgia, Jube in California, Suin in Dublin Ireland, and njc in somewhere called Matawan (he doesn't say where it is but I think it is in New Jersey - can't be the Matawan in Ontario), and Stefanie in Nevada.  Did I miss anyone?
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posted reviews earlier today of chapters 8 and 9 of njc's book #2.

Today I posted reviews of three chapters (22-24) of CJ's Raven's curse.

Posted reviews of two more chapters of Matthew's book one over the last week. Forgot to post message here after the first one.

My thoughts, for the minuscule amount they are worth, is that the two additional chapters at the front could be a good idea if they let you get on with story without all the backstory. It would be important to start with a chapter with conflict, action etc. but from what you have included in the backstory this shouldn't be difficult. So chapter that explains why and how Shell decided to set off on his quixotic quest could have could have the conflict/action you need for a good first chapter.
Second chapter from Marnee's POV could also have lots of action and conflict.  Only problem I see with this one is that if it is the only chapter in the whole book told from Marnee's POV it might seem odd.
These two could nicely lead into your current chapter one (with all the backstory from this chapter and the next ones purged).
So, I would say, go for it. It seems like a good way to get the story off and running and a way to work in answers reviewers have been posing about what the hell is going on here anyway.
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oops, forgot (again) to post progress here. I posted a review of the next chapter in Jube's fantasy story a couple of days ago.

submitted reviews of chapters 3-5 of Randy's Dangerous Alliances.

just submitted reviews of chapters 15-17 of Stephanie's Day of Darkness.

just posted reviews of chapters 7 and 8 of Suin's Being Fifteen