On the joy of being naked
Nudity is permitted beyond this point.

About Crows

After putting out 13 Naked Crow books, I wondered if there was any interest for a 14th.

As a test, I put a question out.

Interaction on MeWe

I saw there is interest in more Naked Crow stories. That makes me happy, because Sheila and her family have come a long way to get where they are, at the end of book 13. At the same time it's quite challenging, because I've kind of depleted my direct knowledge of Native American topics and myths. Hooray for the Internet of course, because there is a LOT of information out there, and I think I found a new spook and a new tribe / nation to write a story about.

Cover of Naked Crow 13 - Firegod
I'm very pleased with how book 13 came out of the initial ideas. I remember throwing out the initial story for 13. That didn't work out. The idea was great, but the location didn't. Sheila and Jeremy would have to travel for hours to get to the "point of interest" each time, which would make the whole thing take forever, or become so preposterously boring that I would fall asleep writing it. I can't do that to the readers.

"And so they got into the car and drove for a few hours again, to get there."

Ron Weasly, broken wand, saying 'Bloody Hell'
Bloody hell. No.

That's not going to happen. You can bet your wand on that. But don't break it like Ron* did.

I still feel I took a risk bringing in the characters I did (if you read book 13 you'll know who I mean, being diffuse here to prevent spoilers), but I think it was worth it. Those characters add to the story, and open up more ways to go about new stories. Like book 14 that's going to happen.

*) Note: I know lots of people despise J.K. Rowling for her attitude towards various people. I do too. But I love the HP books regardless.

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