My Big Idea. . .

Wolf's Cross is out this week, and coinciding with that, my Big Idea piece is up on Scalzi's Whatever:

When I wrote Wolfbreed I wasn't concerned for markets, or genre, or much else beyond having my muse promise not to beat me senseless.  It was written outside of my contracts for DAW, so I had no real constraints on what I was doing, and no expectations of anything beyond its fiery conclusion.  Everything had been wrapped up, the still-living characters all had their main conflicts...