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I'm not completely up-to-date on your story, Norm, but maybe this'll help...

As far as I understand it, you're trying to create a communication device with camera capabilities, correct? If that's the case, why not do the ear-implant as Janet suggested, then add a little attachment or second device that links up with it wirelessly. Make it a little hovering disc or something that pairs with the implant and records video. I would imagine that they'd have some sort of hovering tech by then and we already have the tech to link devices together. There's no need to restrict yourself to just one device.

1. Grandpa had a stroke.
2. Little sister had a car accident.
3. Boyfriend is now sick.

Involuntary.

Yep. I think my biggest problem with Maya is that she's the closest to my own personality. Throwing curveballs her direction is easy... trying to figure out how she's going to deal with said curveballs is the hard part.

This has been my intention from the beginning, but the event that triggers this is kind of the climax of the whole first book. Trying to motivate her prior to this has been the problem. I think I'm leaning K and NJC's direction in letting her join a third party outside of the Scofflaws and the Empire. The details of that have yet to be determined.

Yep. With her arrest and the time she spent in a cell, it isn't as if she has any love for the Empire, but in her mind the Scofflaws would be just as much at fault for that event as the Empire was. I need something to push her into taking action rather than just running away. I have one event in the works that would accomplish that, but its not happening until much later and I don't like stringing Maya along until that point.

Woohoo! You're not the only one. Summer seems to be a dead zone for our little group, myself included. I think I've written a grand total of 400 words this week and almost nothing last week (though I did fix up my outline). I think my muse must be an ice dragon that hibernates in the summer time...

This needs to be a shirt...

This looks just fine to me.

Alright. Sticking to characters that have already been introduced, here goes...

a) Observe the 5-second rule of dropped food? - Merrin, Noi & Dea. Merrin grew up on the streets and will eat almost anything. Noi & Dea are dragons. Their food is supposed to drop to the ground before they eat it.

b) Drink more than they should? - Noi. He doesn't know any better and he likes the taste.

c) Wind surf? - Merrin & Vierra. They're more adventurous than anyone else.

d) Trip? - Maya. Of anyone, she's the least physically capable and she's always daydreaming.

e) Disassemble something (either mechanical or magical) - Dea, while ordering a pair of human hands to assist her.

f) Want to buy a house (as opposed to a flat / renting) - Merrin. He's never had a home of his own.

Hey Janet! To answer your question, you are welcome to review almost anything, though I'd be wary of the Noi/Dea chapters as they'll be undergoing some major changes. Chapter 1 is fairly new and recently edited. All of Maya & Vierra's chapters could use some input, except for Maya's last one. That particular chapter is going to be split so the last half comes later in the story. Details will be changed, but I'll probably still use both halves somewhere.

Now I gotta catch up to what you've written...

I personally like both titles. Depends on how lengthy you want it to be, I suppose.

I took nearly all of my siblings out for a day/night on the town yesterday... Let's just say I was grateful when they all went home. Today's to-do list is 'help a friend find a rental', 'do laundry', and if I have time we'll throw in 'go grocery shopping' as well. Writing will come eventually.

-twitch, twitch-

Eek! Well, in that case, I still need to reorganize it so I know where things are supposed to be. So close to the weekend... so close...

'Starlanes' just sounds neat. Don't get rid of it.

I was just thinking about what you said in techy terms and realized that this sounds a lot like 'hops' between IP addresses (computer -> router -> ISP -> root server and so on). Maybe look up some terms related to network traffic? Might spark some ideas.