May I offer my congradulations on this new Pern book that you have written with your mother? I have been an avid McCaffrey fan for just over eight years, and I am pleased to see that the series is going to someone who understands it. You must understand that before I read Dragon’s Kin, I had my doubts that you would be up to the McCaffrey standard. I ask you to excuse that, as I’m cynical by nature and I doubt anything that I cannnot see in front of my face blinking in bright purple neon lights. Luckily for all of us Pern junkies (ie: the ones who have sixteen asorted handmade bits of dragon pottery lying on their computer desk next to a hand-made firelizard plushie), you are a wonderful author, and you seem to be following right in your mother’s footsteps while at the same time making your own.

I cannot wait until Dragonsblood comes out, and I assure you that I shall be pruchasing the usual three copies of it (one to read, one to keep perfect and one to loan to a friend or give as a present to get them caught too).

A friend of mine told me that you were asking for thoughts on the characters, and the site says to tell you which you want more on, so here is “the Characters of Pern in Reshy’s Eyes”:
I adored Zenor and Nuella fully. They seemed to be very fleshed-out characters, and well aware of their weaknesses and strengths. Zenor seemed a touch too light-hearted, and Nuella a bit too sensible, but aside from that, they were perfect. I would love to see more coming soon with them.

Kindan seemed a bit… well, to be blunt, he seemed just a little on the under-written side. It was like you were experimenting with him through the entire book. Every action that he made the character took in stride, though the book seemed to wobble a little at each part, even as confident as he was at some points. I would tweak his persona just a bit, though nothing major at all… he’s a good char, just not as… not as real as Nuella or Zenor.
The rest of the chars were wonderful, and stayed true to themselves completely through the book.

Okay, there, done with the character opinions… now I can return to lavishing praise upon you and your mother :D. I am quite sure that I have conveyed the point of “I bow at your feet” to this point, so I shall go on with a bit more. Are you sure that there are no addictive substances placed in the words of these books? I mean, EVERYONE who I have given these books to or referred them to has either not bothered to get to the meat of the story or they have immediately fallen in love with it.

You know your books are good when a Highschool Senior can give a report on The White Dragon, get cut off just after mentioning a few of the key terms (such as “Impression,” “Thread,” and “Pern”) and still get three people to come up to them and ask if that was “the story in the 7th grade Literature book, the part with Keevan-who-broke-his-leg and the hatching.. copper? Iron? Bronze?”

Even if they can’t remember the exact color of the dragon, that’s still quite a feat after not hearing anything about it for four and a half years. You and your mother both have some sort of magnetic pull to your books that just pins them in people’s memories… I wish I knew how to do that!

It seems that I’m rambling again, and I appologize for putting in so much babble with so little substance, but I’ve been trying to find a way to contact either your mother (for eight years) or you (since reading Dragon’s Kin), and I’m just a wee bit excited to be getting this marvelous chance. I hope to hear from you soon, and thank you for giving fans like myself this chance to give their own comments.

Still bowing at your feet and eagerly awaiting Dragonblood,

But anyway, – When did Ever the Twain take place? I was just wondering.