You haven't been, no, but on the other hand, don't you think maybe you were doing TOO much before? Don't get me wrong, reading here or getting an email saying you've got a new book out pretty much makes me drop what I'm doing and go get it. That said, though, nobody can keep loving what they do if i...

Thanks for the info, I've wondered about how Eve being what/how she is works.

All right! Info straight from the source! OK, so Eve's training classes make for a master, obviously, but they don't make for a Greater Vampire? That's what I'm taking from what you said, anyway. That just leaves the question of if whether someone Eve turns will be Greater Vampires (or even have the...

The term " Greater Vamipre" that the previous poster used (and which I don't think was used in the books) is a reference to the fact that Eve by now is a VERY different kind of vampire than all the others and basically stands on the level of the Greater Demons. Yes, exactly how I was usin...

On the topic of Troy, after going through Eve's training regimen, when he turned was he a baby Greater Vampire too? I mean, Eve's whole thing was the fasting and meditation and mental discipline that she was planning for her classes, right? We know that Troy took like 6 months to stay up all night, ...

I would totally read that book. I WILL totally read that book. Who doesn't like Troy? Somebody other than me, that's who.

I thought it was pretty good book too. A nice change of pace...sort of like an intermission book, or a seventh inning stretch book before we get back to the existing work. One thing I liked was that Gary was in there, and you saw a little bit of what's going on with him. It's not OUR Gary, but it's ...

Inspiration strikes in unlikely places, eh? I just figured it might be a regional thing that I wasn't aware of.

I always wondered about that - is that something that's common someplace, or is that something that you just made up to give some..ahem...FLAVOR to the YA universe?

Nope, he got the training at the very end of Kindred.