Right now I'm feeling a mix of elation and sadness. A story I've lived with, thought about and sweated over for years is finished. It's never easy to let your children go, I know this because my youngest is moving out on her own tomorrow, both instances are bittersweet but tell me that I've managed to do something right even with all the mistakes made along the way.

Writing MbD was kind of like being on a roller coaster that wouldn't stop and let you off even when you screamed for mercy. It just was, and would still be there no matter what I did or what happened. Again, I can't begin to express the deep feelings of satisfaction and loss that I have when one of my beloved children 'grow up'. If you haven't been there I can't describe it, if you have there is no need for descriptions is there?

So what's in the future? Truthfully, I'm not sure at the moment. I have other series that need to be finished, a novel that needs some touching up for publication, and more ideas than I really know what to do with. So what else is new? *grin*

But for all of you fearing that Deirdre and her family won't grace - or plague - your browsers again, fear not. I opened another can of nice squirmy worms with the hinted at relationship between Harald the court mage and Ilene, Deirdre's little sister. That should be a fun story but will lack a lot of TG elements other than mention of Derek/Deirdre.

I also have a collaboration going that I would like to finish. And other possibilities for more of those with some writers I both enjoy and respect.

So where do I go from here?

Dust in the wind, my friends, dust in the wind.

Whither I goest, I shalll be.

Bless all of you.

Maggie