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The new version of Protective Coloration is live.

The rewrite came about when I realized that my goal of a sequel to that story and Charley and Clare needed to focus on the crew from Protective Coloration first, as there’s a year disconnect between the stories (Claire graduates the same year and Carol, Amanda and Kyle.) In going back through it I spotted a significant number of errors, but I also realized that I didn’t know a couple of the characters well enough to continue writing about them. As I found out more about them, I realized that the story needed more than just an edit to fix the flaws.

As always I appreciate feedback — good, bad or indifferent. In particular if you spot errors, please let me know.

I’d also like to give a big shout out to Lazeez for his help. Somehow, and I’m still not sure how, the process I was using to get a postable file was doubling it up, and I missed it. The submission engine, or maybe a human overseer, caught it, though, and let me know of the problem rather than posting a broken version.

For those of us in the northern hemisphere, it’s time for the sun to start doing its freaking job again!

I’ve just posted edited versions of all of the chapters of Charley and Claire. It’s entirely possible I missed something, or screwed something up, so please let me know if you find anything. I won’t always agree with things (I don’t do the Oxford comma, for instance), but most of the time it’s pretty straightforward when I mess up and I’ll try to get things fixed as soon as possible.

I hope you've had a good 2022. For those who haven't, here's hoping you have a better 2023. For the authors out there, may your muse be in a good mood and bring you the inspiration you need for the words to flow.

or solstice associated celebration of your choice. I hope that the period until the sun is once again at its lowest ebb is better for you than it was for the previous thirteen moons.