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News:  Big thanks to Ashley, who bought Echo this week!  Ashley has been very supportive and made good on her word to buy Echo after fair season was over.  Thanks Ashley!  That motivates me to be on point during the writing process and try to deliver as much entertainment as humanly possible.  And I can’t forget to thank Melissa, Barbara, Ian, and [anonymous] for leaving me amazing reviews on Amazon/Nook!  Thanks guys!  I feel bad not being able to deliver follow-on story immediately, but believe me, you would NOT be happy with my first drafts!  Any enjoyment you experience is solely due to hours of editing.  I have Hazel, Melissa and Leslie firmly in mind whenever I think about how slow I’m going, haha!  They have been vocal about volume 2’s release, and that is a huge compliment!  Thank you!  Right now, I’m on chapter 10, and I’ve just about wrapped up the warehouse battle.  This volume is looking to be much bigger than volume 1, maybe twice as much.  I’ve got a follow-on event to the warehouse planned, as well as giant robot stuff.  Also gotta tie up things between Retrieval and Atriya.  Hope that didn’t reveal too much, but anyways, gotta get back to work!  To all you writers, I wish you inspired drafting and insightful editing!