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Six pages today. I think the amazing productivity of the two preceding days, just tired my muse and I out. I actually spent most of those six pages rewriting, so that one of your favorite vamps from St. Louis could get in on the action. No, not Jean-Claude. But, strangely, Asher wanted to come. I hadn’t planned on him being in this book, except for a cameo where we see him near the beginning dead to the world in a nest of sheets with Jean-Claude. We’ll run it up the flag pole tomorrow and see if it works, or if I end up redoing and lowering the cast number again. Won’t know until we try, I guess.

Darla wanted me to state, absolutely, that SWALLOWING DARKNESS is not the last Merry book. I thought I’d done that in the blog before. I know I’ve answered the question at signings. But it seems like no matter how many times I state the facts, the rumor presists. So, here, to try and make Darla not have another 109 e-mails in one morning with the same question goes one more attempt to set the record straight.

SWALLOWING DARKNESS is not, repeat, is not, the last Merry book. I am still under contract for more, for one thing. For another, I still have ideas with the characters and the world. Besides, don’t we all want to see Merry through to the birth of the twins. Unlike some writers, I don’t skip a lot of time in my books, so we’re going to get to see pediatrician appointments, and the whole nine yards of pregnancy. Just because you’re a fairie princess doesn’t mean you get a skip on any of that. Besides, with the interesting genetics of the fathers, I’m kind of curious to see who the twins take after.

So, does that do it? Are we clear? There will be more Merry books, okay? I promise.

I was also asked to put up our brand new twitter account, so here is the address: www.twitter.com/LKHamilton

I’m a little fuzzy on exactly what a twitter account is, but I think it’s like a one, or two line blog, but it’s more instantaneous, I think.