The galleys for Lord Ruin arrived Thursday, along with some covers. The cover is absolutly stunning. I love it. The artwork is beautiful, the colors rather unusual for the genre. I've done a read-through of the galleys. Pretty clean, but there are a couple of rough patches with pov that I'm hoping can be fixed. In all honesty, Anne's character surprised me, I didn't realize she came across so well. Ruan, hmm. He works well, but not exactly what I'd hoped. In what way? Well, I'm trying to get a handle on it. The Spare is going well enough, just about to 70K words. Plus, I've had a splendid idea for a Scottish set story, which I have always wanted to do. I'm thinking medieval, and imagining the Highlands and the kind of people who would live in such a stark and beautiful land, but I need to do research. Am reading about medieval Scotland now - I made some good purchases on vacation! Plus I've ordered some books on Scottish Gaelic because I'm hoping the language can be a major plot point. Lately, I've been distracted by the strength of the idea. I'm getting down my preliminary ideas.