Thanks for the kudos, everyone! I've really enjoyed writing this tale, but it never would have gotten this long without all your comments.
Heh, me too. I finished TSC a few weeks ago, and have been feeling a bit antsy without a writing project to work on. I do have something in mind that I will probably end up posting here (just too addicted to the feedback I got here, as opposed to the constant form letter rejections from agents and publishers). You'll probably see my name in the SH forum again before too long, doing terrible things to a new group of characters...