Instead of placing this in a simple comment, I chose to place it in a blog entry so more can see it. I've just finished re-reading MAU and Whisper. In case you were wondering where the extra kudos came from, it was me.

I'm very impressed with your storytelling skills. Both stories held my attention and enthusiasm all the way through to the satisfying endings. Your characters were very well thought out and fleshed out, til they became more real people to me as opposed to characters in stories.

I'll grant you, you might have stretched the boundaries of the MAU universe, but you made it work and kept it fresh and entertaining. All in all, great writing, terrific plotting, lively and believable dialog and time well spent in reading for me.

Thank you for the hard work and for writing and posting your work for us to read. I loved them.

Holiday huggles,
Catherine Linda Michel