You write great first lines. You also write great subsequent and continuing lines -- I'm in the middle of my re-read of The Virtu, and even though it caused me to dream that we'd failed our medicals because our blood tests had proved we were heretics, I still think it's brilliant.

So, as you might have gathered, I finally have The Mirador.

How's the total rewrite of Summerdown, I mean Corambis, coming along? Great first line. What comes next?