*blush* thankyou for reading it ! and for your kind words. but most of all for all your character bio bits, without which i would struggle. 

i'm in no position to critique your bio efforts, i see them as so authoritative, and i've only scratched the surface of the 'other' books. but if they were not there, well, i dread to think. serious effort deserves serious reward. i'm seriously grateful, and offer you kudos... 

of course i dont know you, but a person shows through in their writing, especially fiction, and that can be charming. but in non-fiction, its hard to keep a straight face, as it were. however, you manage to be calmly academic while revealing a gleam of your charm. i smile as i type this...