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Time for an epigraph about the Julii family, beginning with a stupid question for Dr. Ess. Is the following sentence correct usage of exhibit: The family also exhibits a large number of psychopaths (the way one is said to exhibit symptoms)?

Janet, can you please send me the link about titles. I'll be eliminating many of my 'My Lord' and 'My Lady' in the next draft, but I'll still need a few. I remember I didn't like the fact that Joseph's mother is addressed as Your Majesty, but the Emperor merely as my lord, so I went with caps.

For the most part, I'm going to use the historical honorifics Caesar, Augustus, and Augusta (when addressing the imperial heir, emperor, and empress.) Apollo's father's given name (currently Augustus) will become Nero, to keep things simple. Emperor and Empress (or maybe Imperator and Imperatrix?) willl be used when referring to them in the third person. Got all that? Now imagine writing it so that Amy doesn't have kittens all over my chapter. I'll probably use an epigraph just to explain this, including some of the family tree. I guess that means I should name the first emperor, too, huh? The changes will probably blow up in my face somewhere, but I like the historical connection.

Caligula will keep his honorific: Little Bastard. :-)  Based on some last minute changes to his character, he'll get his revenge. I can't wait to write his chapter (next up), but taxes and procrastination beckon.

Cogito ergo sum.

Juice is loaded with sugar, which suppresses the immune system. Go with water, lots of vitamin C, and zinc lozenges. And a few shots of apricot brandy to make you feel damn good.

Hopefully, you haven't deleted all of your old posts to my own thread. I refer back to them from time to time....

I thought Amy blocked us from internet prying...

NJC, you don't automatically lose your old reviews when you post a new version of a chapter. If the old version is made invisible to reviewers, *you* still have the ability to see it and its reviews. If you want reviewers to have access to the old reviews, you can leave the old version visible alongside the new version. That way everyone will see the old version and reviews, as well as the new version.

Congratulations, Janet. It was a pleasure to read.

I routinely tell TNBW members to make the book summary here on the site as if it were the back cover of the book. It's your primary chance to nab would-be readers, whether here or when published. You can always update it anytime you want as the plot and characters evolve.

Too funny.

I like it.

Yawn. This doesn't draw me in. I haven't read it, so I can't suggest anything better. At a minimum, drop the bit about jail unless it's a major part of the story and character arcs.

I would have loved to know this up front. It clearly defines the scope of the book. I would have stopped asking you what the quest was. Was this in the book summary? If so, smack me.

Kha's apprentice is killed at Earthwound? He had another apprentice besides Anver? As far as Acts vs Mandates, I don't recall a lot of backstory in Acts that summarizes Mandates. Again, if it's there, smack me.

What about your fourth book?

I assume I'm about to get smacked.