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*panics*  You're saying this as if it's a bad thing?!  Because now I have to change my ending, like completely!  It would've been beautiful.  Catherine and Matthew were sorting out all their little issues and misunderstandings next to her mare that was fouling the whole time (like for hours and hours) only to have the stables caught fire just when they kissed.  The whole roof and all the walls collapsed and they were engulfed in flames without them noticing.  And just before it was too late, Matthew would sweep Catherine into his arms and take her to safety before he returns to drag the mare and foul with the other horses to safety as well.  He did it, with only a moment to spare before it would all be lost.

Oh well, only need a few minor touches here and there and it would be good to go again ... *stops panicking*

If I don't know who Heinlein is, how big is the gap in my education?  And will you still talk to me?

To be honest, this is the only group of about seven I belong to that actually interacts on a daily basis (a very few exceptions where nothing was posted, but it's the minority).  Romance isn't too bad either, but it's more a fortnightly thing (but then again, it could be the founder/moderator over there!  LOL)  But the rest, including premium, very quiet ....

Yeah, it doesn't last long and then you owe the reviewers heaps again! 

"I have the habit of putting in quotations thoughts that are actually Drech recalled someone else's words. Orson had originally said "Inferior weaponry" and thus Drech thinking of these words, I put them in quotes. Not sure if this makes sense or if I should change it... Let me know."

Might work better if you mention/reference Orson or whoever instead of the quotes.  But if I'm the only one that gets confused, keep it as is!

The first thing I want to say is, I'm not a shark!

http://queryshark.blogspot.com.au/

^----- this isn't me!  True!  LOL

Other than this, I will hopefully one day be able to contribute to this forum, but I'm still in the really early days of my writing career, so it's more likely that I will bug you on this forum for help more than anything else until then!

Thanks for letting me know MissP!

Anthony might be into it, so just hold you breath until I get around to the third book! LOL

It will start with Anthony raiding the stables for some bridles and reins and stuff ...

K, not only are you legendary, you can now also add utterly sensible to your resume!

I thought he was more leaning to using his charm than sexual coercion as his actions are anything but aggressive?  And I think we should also keep in mind that Catherine could've handled it differently instead of turning it into even more of a challenge.  So she's also partly to blame.

Catherine kissing him won't work - at this stage, she doesn't initiate or lead based on her horrible experience with her late husband.  She doesn't resist either for exactly the same reason.

But in any case, with the rewrite, I'll keep it in mind as I'm planning to turn the heat down and have them take it slower next version.  So I have no idea if this is going to make the cut.  Not sure what he's going to do instead though, for some or other reason I think romance readers will forgive him for kissing her, but not for locking her up in his tower ...  Then again, locking her up in his tower is the stuff fairy tales are made of!   

Chances are I'll just have him subtly threaten her and without any success, let her return home telling her she's got two days to let him know what's going on.  Without that kiss, it's going to take him much longer to get close to her which will help turn the intensity down.  And it's easy enough to make something happen when they're back at the castle so that they can get kissing again.

How the hell do the pros turn out a book every 3 months is what I want to know LOL  Then again, this is my first book ever, so I'm really hoping the next one will be easier! 

As always, keep it coming - after all, I can always choose to ignore you and take my chances!  LOL

Added to limited time, my other problem is my shocking memory.  And with this new site, I just can't seem to get my "who to review" system to work. 

The reading list is useless - it takes you to Chapter 1 of the piece and not the next chapter you need to review or the last chapter you had reviewed.  The old reading list saved "chapters", not books, so I used that function on the old site to the max to keep track of who and how much I have reviewed and who or what was next.  So now, I'm using my reading list more like a "to-do" list than anything else.

I also tried to only connect with writers I need to recip - that way, I only needed to keep an eye on my new connection content.  That quickly went down to the drain as I have used the messaging functionality to send private messages to writers that I just simply can not review at the moment because I can't keep up with the recips as it is.

Short of running a paper or Excel reading list on the side, I'm out of ideas to keep it all together on the site.  So if anyone has a suggestion for a fish bowl brain like mine (yes, fish bowl, not goldfish ), please let me know!  Who knows, end of 2016 I might just say thank you with a review of your work!

You forgot one important rule, dags, bold is the new CAPS!    But other than that, this is a reasonable expectation!

If this is anything to go by, I think your writing will make for a great read!  Hope you feel home around here soon.
Janet