Top Ten Reasons Book 6 of the Norothian Cycle will be available in 2014:

(as opposed to being out before the end of this year)

10.) Stocking supplies in case of blizzard in Phoenix

9.) Iffy wifi connection to space/time

8.) Chicago Bears still alive for playoffs

7.) Wait… I have to shop for Christmas? Isn’t it a religious holiday?

6.) My Muse ran off and joined a circus

5.) Congressional gridlock

4.) My thousand monkeys chained to a thousand typewriters unionized

3.) Spellcheck is down, I’m hoppless withowt it

2.) Excessively long line to see Santa at mall

And the #1 reason Book 6 of the Norothian Cycle will be out next year, not this year:

1.) My Spirit Totem is a Cheetah. This Cheetah.

Happy Holidays to you and yours, see you next year.