I love the series and am very glad you would write Patience and Brandt’s story. I found those two characters very fascinating since the first time they appeared in Nightkeepers. I am very curious to see how the relationship grow and how they cope with all things coming for them. And their twins are so cute.

Reading Nightkeeper is the first time I heard anything about 2012. Now it is everywhere and I am very pound that I can explain all about 2012 to my mom when she asked. Oh, the thing you can learn from romance.

Re: going back and forth between Harlequins and the big fat Nightkeeper books, I’ve got a simple trick: I switch fonts. I’ve trained my brain that when it sees Courier New, we’re writing an Intrigue, whereas Times New Roman is for the big books. That’s a trick I learned from Suz Brockmann. Re: continuity, the world at this point is so alive in my head that I instinctively keep things pretty clean. I also have two beta readers who read the manuscripts for me, in addition to the editorial team at Signet, who also help keep me on the right track. I’m not aware of any continuity errors in the series. There are a few things that might seem like continuity errors, but are actually deliberate decisions on my part, and will play into future stories. Other details that may change a little from book to book are often because the nature of the magic is changing as we get closer to 2012 and the magic destabilizes, and/or because the magic itself is somewhat unpredictable. Phew, that was an answer! LOL. Thanks for the questions, and have a great day!

RE: the DemonK cover, I’ll send a copy to Sandy M. and see if she can post it for me– so far it’s only seen the light of day in my newsletter and on my message board, so this’ll be it’s first ‘public appearance’ if we can make it happen! Thanks for asking

I have just a couple of questions, so apologies if I ask too many!
Can you give us any clues on who the hero and heroine are in Visionkeepers?
With Harlequin books the formula is pretty standard – happy ending, set number of words etc whereas with the Final Prophecy novels you have a continuing story arc across the whole series, as well as having each hero/heroine find their significant other in each novel. When you are writing, how do you cope with going from writing an HI book to writing a Final Prophecy novel? How do you keep track of specifc characteristcs of the Final Prophecy characters and the various storylines that are going on or have gone on. How do you keep the continuity going through the books in the series without making any (or too many) mistakes? Have you made any continuity errors?

Keep up the great work
Shelley

I was wondering when we see the cover for Demonkeepers.
Also, if it’s not a huge spoiler — who was the couple that turned out not to be one?

I’ve really enjoyed the series and was surprised when I read the excerpt for Demonkeepers — Jade and Lucius??? I’ve always thought Lucius would play a bigger role. I would have never have thought of those two together, but it makes sense, and I’m eager to see how that all pans out.

Nine books total? I keep looking at a list of the remaining unattached characters and thinking, “There are five more couples? HOW?” I’m looking forward to seeing how that all works out, too!

Re: reading, I usually read outside of the genres I write in (suspense and paranormal). So lately I’ve been reading mostly historicals (Brockway, Hoyt) and sci-fi romance, with the occasional straight contemporary. I will also pick up non-romance fantasy/sci-fi as well as mainstream thrillers, mysteries, etc. I’m not much of a literary reader, and most of my non-fiction is for the Keepers books. So to answer your Q on the research, YES, I love doing the research for these books. I find it fascinating how so much of the ‘real’ history dovetails into the Keepers’ world, and vice versa. For the writers out there– make sure you love what you’re writing, because if/when it sells, you’re going to need to write more of it! I”m very lucky to be writing a series on a subject that I find completely fascinating … and I hope that comes through on the page!

Jess