O! For a Muse of Fire! Which I have. Dammit.

An idea occurred to me the other day that I'm becoming obsessed with.

This while I'm still dealing with writing The Sorcerer's Daughter. I have no choice, now, but to put that aside while I work on this new thing.

At this point I really can't discuss it, mostly because there's so much of it that has yet to be developed. It will be a series of books, and I'll be reusing many of the elements from The Harvester of Faces. In fact, that will be the name of the final book in the series, and a lot of the characters I used for that one I will use in this one.

There is one big difference, though--my central character is a costumed vigilante. I hesitate to call her a "superhero" because she has no superhuman abilities--she's just a terrific athlete who is really good at martial arts and also obsessed with a mission that she's given herself. There are some other differences between her and most of the other heroes out there. One--her costume is one of practicality. She wears what she wears to conceal her identity, to give her some resistance to light weaponry, and to obfuscate her heat signature. She's not looking for a reputation--she'd rather no-one even know that she exists. The only thing that matters to her is her goal.

She's also a master strategist and is using a sort of psychological judo on her enemies, pitting them against each other and concealing her own existence from them as much as she can.

What is her ultimate goal? That would be telling. One day, if I ever finish this thing, you'll find out.

I did initially consider doing this as a comic book but there are just too many practical impediments to that approach. I may change my mind down the road but for right now I'm going to do it as a novel.

One reason I'm so excited about this is the opportunity it gives me to grind one of my favorite axes, and that is the affect of the obscene amounts of wealth some people are accumulating and the immunity it provides from normal human laws, morality, and ethics. How much money and power is enough? To some people, not all of the money and power in the Universe, it seems. They always want more. One thing to remember about these people---they think everybody else is like that, too, and they don't understand anyone who isn't.

Anyways, that's going to be my big project over the next little while. We'll see if I get anywhere with it.

Stay tuned!