Tomorrow is my birthday – my last year in my 50’s. I like to think of myself as a senior babe. I’m going to be whooping it up with my three ‘brothers’ – Michael, Craig and Steve – in Las Vegas because that’s how we roll. Def Leppard and Journey! Frankly, my 50’s have been the best years yet and things just keep getting better. I like to think of myself as a strong finisher.
I’m looking forward to settling into the new house and figuring out where I left the remote… I’m doing my best not to suspect the good dog, Lois. It’ll turn up one of these days.
Until then, hope everyone is having a good year as well. For my birthday I wish for you peace and joy and a year that unfolds with all good things. More adventures to follow.
Author Notes - Michael Anderle
Written September 6, 2018
THANK YOU for not only reading this story, but these Author Notes as well!
Shay’s story isn’t finished, but it’s over for now. I have to admit we had a bit of trouble trying to figure out how to interweave Shay’s and Brownstone’s stories, and even now, we are working to fix (or maybe by the time you read this, we will have already fixed) parts of the first three books.
While Shay enjoyed a HUGE amount of support, there were a few comments about how much the characters (Brownstone and Shay and to some degree Alison) hide from each other. I’d like to answer a bit of the why.
When I created these three characters, they were all independent. Shay is a (sort of) recovering killer, Alison has lost her mom and her dad is actively trying to sell her, while Brownstone is a bounty hunter with a life focus of keeping everything as simple as he can.
Well, sharing isn’t simple, trusting when your friends might kill you doesn’t provide much opportunity to extend trust, and when your dad is evil, it’s hard to allow your heart to be vulnerable.
So, my opinion is that they might refrain from telling each other for personal reasons. Not wanting to hurt someone (best of intentions, poor execution), privacy concerns, not wanting to be hurt again. It takes time to heal from wounds.
Between the books about Brownstone and Shay, we have six Shays and nine Brownstones in the same timeline as about 2.1 School of Necessary Magic stories. As Alison’s stories move forward, Brownstone’s won’t catch up. Shay is being pulled into Brownstone full time for now, because the interweaving of the stories is hurting our poor little author heads.
Believe it or not, this shit is hard, and we want a bit of a vacation from the truly magnificently hard stuff. (Ok, I can’t rope Martha into this excuse without asking her, so for me this shit was hard and hurting my head… And everyone helping us write these books was hurting as well.
Even Lynne, editor magus was threatening to quit if we kept it up. Hell, I just realized I could have blamed all of this on her. (Editor’s note: Just try it, big guy! I’ll write you into a few scenes of Kurtherian Endgame with pink hair bows and frilly knickers—drinking Pepsi.)
<MIKE EDIT AFTER EDITOR EDIT: No one would believe that version of me ;-) >
Dammit.
Oh well, never waste any words, so I guess the truth is going to stay in the Author Notes.
Ummm, I’d blame Zen Master Walking ™ (Stephen Campbell) but he is the one who takes all of our work and pulls it into Vellum for final production, so he can edit my Author Notes and I’d find out what he said no faster than you—and it might not be kind, so no blaming him without cause.
If you love Shay, (or any book by any author) feel free to plug it with a good review. It helps us sell more of these books, and fund my Coke (Coca-Cola) habit!
Ad Aeternitatem,
Michael Anderle
Other series in the Oriceran Universe:
SCHOOL OF NECESSARY MAGIC
SCHOOL OF NECESSARY MAGIC: RAINE CAMPBELL
ALISON BROWNSTONE
THE DANIEL CODEX SERIES
THE LEIRA CHRONICLES
I FEAR NO EVIL
THE UNBELIEVABLE MR. BROWNSTONE
REWRITING JUSTICE
THE KACY CHRONICLES
MIDWEST MAGIC CHRONICLES
SOUL STONE MAGE
THE FAIRHAVEN CHRONICLES
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