I was looking at my account details earlier today and I was shocked to discover that I have gotten over 5000 kudos in the year and a half or so that I have been on BCTS. It came as a bit of a shock to me with as much time as I've had to spend not writing since I started here due to health or computer issues. So I would like to take this time to thank all of my readers who comment, kudo, send me messages, patiently wait for new chapters when RL swallows me up, and generally make me feel like an author rather than a scribbler.

Since I started posting here my work has been much more well received than I could have ever expected. My recent story Naughty or Ice is a good example of this as I didn't think there was much special about it, it was just something I wrote for a change of pace and to get my creative juices flowing and the response to it has been overwhelming. You all give me the confidence that I might be able to actually market some of my work. To that end I am half finished a novel called Raven's Blood which I hope to have finished in a few months.

I have also written a prologue and six chapters of another story called Twice Removed. This story doesn't follow my usual fantasy or urban fantasy style and is sci-fi set in the not too distant future after first contact. The prologue touches on a TG theme but largely the story is about what makes us human and how we fit into the larger picture of the universe. I am however uncertain whether I should post this. Is it too different from my normal work? Do I have any business trying to write Sci-fi, or should I just stick to what people seem to enjoy from me?

Anyway a great big thank you to all those who read and enjoy my work. My writing would be nothing without all the support I get from all of you.