I’m back at work on Senta book 6.  I gave off writing for a few days to go back and read some of the earlier books in the series.  I wanted to get a feel for the place again.  There is so much different in this book than the others– two of the four different story lines in new locations, two characters who haven’t been major characters before, though they have appeared in previous books.  Even the main setting, Port Dechantagne, is quite different.  Although it’s different in each of the other books too.  In book 0 and book 1 it doesn’t exist.  In book 2 and book 3, its a relatively small town.  In book 4 it’s starting to grow into a city and in book 5 it really is one.  In this book its a big city with satellite towns.

This book more than any before has the viewpoints of the aboriginal Birmisians in it.  That’s really fun, writing from the point of view of non-humans.  That’s one of the things I like about sci-fi stories like James White’s Hospital Station books.

I hope to get quite a bit written during winter break which starts in about a week and a half.  I’ll let you know my progress.  Thanks to all of you who wrote to let me know you were waiting for this book.  Sometimes I feel like I’m writing it just for myself.  I sell about 1/50 as many Senta books as I do Robot Wife books, but if I start on the next Patience story before it’s fully ready to come out of me, I won’t be doing it justice.  Anyway, I really appreciate the encouragement.