This is a great blog post!!! I was just wondering (after finishing my pre-ordered copy of Bite Me) how it is that you come up with your characters! I love your writing style and your grasp of personality types, learning styles, and cultural (as well as animal) mixes with the hybrid shifters inspires my own need to observe, analyze and find humor in all around me. I laughed so hard I peed (not literally) at the portrayal of Blayne as I saw my own issues with time management and organization through the eyes of those who love my (yet shake their heads piteously at my lack of devotion to doing laundry despite having a great washer and dryer - buy why do they think it stays in such good shape?) Anywhoo, thanks for this blog - and for turning me into a cute wolf-dog with awesome thighs... mine are actually the size of small buicks - but living vicariously through your characters makes that not so hard to live with. Love your books!!!!