Progress! The prologue has begun to bleed from my brain onto the paper, and it’s even mildly coherent! As proof, I have included the excerpt below. I mean, c’mon. Every time I say I’m starting to write, I have a nice little stall. So, I think you guys deserve a bit of the meaty goodness.

The clouds to the south and west of the city seemed to boil as something big descended through them. In moments, they parted, giving birth to a massive scaled beast with arced, wide wings and a long neck tipped by a wedge-shaped head. Its scales were the shifting greens of the Remembrance, and its jaws trailed thick, black smoke. Leif’s eyes grew wide as he understood what this meant, and filled his lungs to shout.

“Hide! Everyone, hide now! For the sake of your lives, hide!” He ran as fast as his legs would carry him to where the alarm bell stood.

So, here’s where I’m at with The Glass Crown:

In other news, one of the three novels left over from ConFusion is already spoken for. Hey, , did you want it just signed, or personalized, too? If you’re jonesing for a copy (because who isn’t?), and are bummed about the cheaper copies being sold out at Everybody Reads, you can find inexpensive copies through http://www.alibris.com, which will link you to all kinds of small booksellers. Way Station Books & Stuff has a few copies available for $19.95. As always, a search for “David Crampton” is the most efficient way to bring it up.