Who is your least favorite fictional character? What provokes your disdain and loathing for the character? If it's one of my characters, don't hesitate to tell me.

So I survived the professional training conference but I didn't get much--hardly any--writing done during that time (but I am writing this on the last night of the conference). On the positive side, I rode the motorcycle and accomplished a memorable feat in that I successfully hauled fast food (including a soft drink and a shake on two different occasions on the bike without spilling a drop).

I have finished reading Cornwell's Excalibur. I didn't think it was as good as The Winter King, the first book in the trilogy. Although reading the second book in the series probably would have increased my appreciation for the third book, I don't think it would have changed my opinion that Excalibur was better.

Something fun is coming up shortly. I'll send a bonus email so that you can enter the six author, five book give-away organized by DJ Butler--otherwise known as a prince among men and a scholar among writers. Look for the email in a week or two.

The two give-aways included in the previous letter are still live. Here are the links in case you didn't get to them yet.

Free Clean Fantasy Books

The August Fantasy Give-away

Oh - I'll be doing my own autographed copy give-away of one book in September. More about that in the September newsletter--so be watching for it.

If you would like to wade through some interesting quotes, you'll get to a brief report on the state of the novel in progress -- you'll find it here.

Thank you, Budd, for a fine review of Clamorous Harbingers!

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Honor Roll with special thanks to these subscribers:

Lois for her stunning review and heroic defense of The Shrinking Zone

JBudd for reviews of Threading the Rude Eye, In Death Bedrenched, Power to Hurt, The Shrinking Zone, and Clamorous Harbingers.

Colleen for leaving ratings for several of my books on Amazon.

Rob for leaving a review of Threading the Rude Eye

Michael for leaving reviews of Threading the Rude Eye, and The Shrinking Zone

Mayra for a review of Threading the Rude Eye

Gloria for a review of Threading the Rude Eye

ShannonC for a review of In Death Bedrenched

There are other reviews of my books, of course, but I don't know whether those reviews are also subscribers to this newsletter.

If you have posted a review anywhere for any of my books, let me know so that I can include you in the Honor Roll.