Read-along moves into FOC and RT nomination

I’m moving into A Fistful of Charms in the read-along today. (Which means the e-book has gone on sale in the U.S. Yay! ) Tuesdays are always busy for me, but I did read a few chapters. I really like David, and this one starts right out with him. David has actually been around since GBU, though to be honest, he was only a mention of a shadowy Were Rachel thought was trying to get her attention.

And then we actually see him in Every Which Way but Dead and find out he’s been following her to find out if she still has that wishing fish so he can get the insurance claim off his desk.

I think it’s a nice change of pace that David really doesn’t like Rachel at first, taking a long time to warm up and trust her. I also think it’s nice that their first association is for his benefit, (keeping his job, sort of like tenure) and hers (cheap insurance) but that it grows into something even the Weres know is dangerous. Hence the female alpha fight at the top of a construction zone.

I took my time developing the Weres mythology, and it’s in FOC that I start pulling together the threads in the previous books. I tried to base it on a natural wolf pack with both alpha males and females. It wasn’t anything you ever saw much on the bookshelves at the time FOC was published, but that might have changed by now. I never liked the idea that the alpha male was the only alpha in the pack in most of the literature out there, and tried to address it, make it more balanced–like a real pack you might see in the wild.

Also, if you haven’t heard on my FB page, I’m up for an RT career achievement award in Urban Fantasy category. This is decided by the 50 or so reviewers at RT, and the winners will be announced much later. If you’d like to see the other categories and nominees, here you go. [click] All sorts of things if you toggle around.

If you’d like to vote on something, Goodreads is having their Reader Choice Awards going on now, and EVER AFTER has made it into the second tier, so if you voted last week, you can vote again. If you’d like to make your voice heard in a bunch of genres, go explore and tag your favorites. [Goodreads choice awards]

Psst, For a Few Demons More has popped up on sale early. Even better!