To “Miles,” and by that I mean the book, not the character. It was two years ago today, that “Miles” made its debut. Since then, four more books have been added to The House of Bannerman series. Three additional series and four stand-alone books have also joined “Miles” on my shelf. Fourteen books in two years isn’t too bad. If I keep up that pace, it’ll take me sixteen years to fill my bookcase.

I’ll try to write faster.

The House of Bannerman series is by far my favorite. The supernatural aspect of the books is a lot of fun to write, and of course I love Miles and Anika. I’m anxious to get on to their other books, but of course there are others that must be written first. There’s a common thread beginning to wind through the stories of each character, in and out of the HOB world. It will all culminate in what will probably be HOB book 10, and in The Investigations of Jack Ryland book… I have no idea which number. Not three though, and probably not four. I keep saying I can’t wait for this, I can’t wait for that, well obviously I can wait more successfully than I want to believe, because I am. But only because I can’t write fast enough to get it all done right this second!

I had an irritating dream. Brad was asking which version of some program I used for reading over what I write. Word, obviously, but not in the dream. So he wanted to know, was it version 7? Because I should upgrade to that. Of course it’d be so much better if I did. Unless I was writing, then I’d want version 4, or I’d end up really frustrated. But I should get 7 for this, 4 for that, and 6 for some other thing–and talk about irritated! To be left alone to work with my antiquated technology, which I understood how to use, was what I wanted.

He dreamed he got caught by Jupiter’s gravitational pull. He dreams this a lot, and according to him it’s quite terrifying. I tried to comfort him with the reality that he’d be dead long before Jupiter got hold of him. I don’t think that helped any.

“Failure to Engage” is morphing into something completely unexpected. Some books I write for the mere fun of it, such as Jack’s books. Although, since my weakest Christian character just accepted a job working for my strongest, it’ll be interesting to see what happens there. “Failure” was a book I didn’t intend to write, I felt compelled to do so. It was out of self-defense actually. It filled my mind to the point that it was either write it, or give up writing anything else ever again. So I gave in, stopped what I was writing, and jumped into “Failure.” Close to the 150 page mark, it came to a screeching halt. There was a lot for me to learn before I could continue. It would appear that I have done so, because the book is writing once again. Someone out there needs the message it contains. Writing is my gift, Romans 12:8a, “If your gift is to encourage, be encouraging.” This book is Spirit-led for certain. I can’t wait to see where it goes, and trust that God will get it in the hands of the person or persons who need it. I just hope they need it soon, because I want to get it done!

I’m going to get back to writing now, and see how much I can get written before sleep becomes absolutely necessary. Or until the townspeople demand to be fed (again–it isn’t like they haven’t eaten a couple of times already, today).

Happy reading!