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"And you'll wish you never were ((born)), George-man, if you call me lad again."

As to the treatment of 'mother', 'father', and such as proper nouns: If this is a change that teachers of our youth have embraced, I will reject it, digging in my heels, standing athwart history and yelling 'STOP'!  Between lawyers, child welfare agencies, and teachers there's little reason left for children to respect their parents.  But in your period, at least, there is such reason.

Well, then I suggest you look at the stuff I've done recently rather than try to follow in overall linear order.  But give me a few hours to catch some typos (cringe)

For those of you interested in how it all began, I've begun posting the opening chapters of the second edition of EOLYN onto tNBW, in preparation for rebooting the series early next year. Here's the link:

http://www.thenextbigwriter.com/posting … tion-21560

EOLYN is the first book in the Eolyn Chronicles series, though it was originally written as a stand-alone novel with no conscientious intention of writing any sequels. DAUGHTER OF AITHNE, which I've been workshopping on tnbw for the last several months, is the third book in the series. Both the first edition of EOLYN and the middle book, HIGH MAGA, are currently available from Hadley Rille Books, on Amazon, Barnes&Noble, etc.

I don't plan any major changes for the second edition of EOLYN, but I am switching around the opening chapters a bit, and trying to tighten up things in general. As always, I'd appreciate a pair of fresh eyes. And also, it occurred to me that some of my regular reviewers might like to learn more of the backstory of the main characters. Thanks in advance to anyone who has a chance to look at this.

Pura Vida.

Yes, this is an annual contest. There are a good number of RWA (Romance Writers of America) chapters that have contest annually that use publishers and agents as the final judges, too. I organized one for my local chapter this year and the editors requested submits from the top two in each category. Submitting through contest is a great way to gauge response to your story without the pressure of directly submitting to an editor or agent. Plus, usually only the first few chapters are sent which gives you time to work on the remainder of the book while you wait.

I found another bug in the x-lines. If you leave a review and then want to go back in to add something (e.g., if you thought of something else to add), if you click on x-lines, the edit box at the bottom of the review is incorrect. It's showing what appears to be the unformatted database text (e.g., with <p> paragraph markers and so on), instead of a proper text box. The bug is reproducable.

Btw, your heroine's name "Catherine Miller". Miller is Kajo's last name he uses when he reaches our Earth. Excellent choice in names. I commend you.

janet reid wrote:

amy s wrote:

OK. Keeping the fight with Griffon.  Yessir!

I haven't read it (soon), but so far I have to agree with this - keep the fight (I could be bias wanting more Alda air time). I understand where K is coming from, but I don't think there is anything wrong with some of the threat already being eliminated - the threat of the Horror's creator is in my opinion the biggy, so if I've read about that "in a book", I'd say it's taking the easy way out.

(I could also misunderstand this whole thread ... it's never beneath me to be totally confused and clueless)

The fight is with a training master to see whether Alda has the fighting skills to accompany Jaylene on the next stage of her mission.