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Hey all,

Is it time for another round of Ask Me Anything for story stuff? Any series/book?

If you've got questions, drop 'em here, and I'll do responses for the mid-month post.

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Laurent Guillemard

Hey Elliott, any plans to explore Taylor and Zafirah’s adventures?

Brandon Teasdale

Hey, Elliot: Any thoughts on the impact predictive text engines like ChatGPT are going to have on the business of writing?

Khalid Jeudy

Hi Elliot, I’m curious as to what does the future hold for Alex,Lorelei and Rachel’s relationship going forward?

Karl-Johan Norén

Where does Lorelei's money come from, and how and where is it invested?

cjpal61

Succubae mythology in GI world? 1) How many Succubae are there? Can every Prince of Hell create a Succubus, or only Baal? 2) I think I get how being Lorelei’s Prey and the Succubus curse affects Alex. How does it affect Lorelei? 3) Succubae were created as creatures of desire, lust and hedonism, meant to be bound to and serve a master. Now that Lorelei & Lydia have no master, are they at risk of being summoned and bound to a new master? It does not appear to be a difficult ritual to perform. 4) Since Succubae retain their original bodies, do they still have a soul? 5) Since getting the freedom, Lorelei has sex with two other men, Bridger & Ted (I discount Adam). Surprisingly, Lorelei then cultivated relationships with both men in contrast to her original desires that she was interested in situations, not individuals, to satisfy her spontaneous desire to “play”. Both relationships are still active and have a growing emotional intimacy, in addition to any sexual activity. Is this behavior unique to Lorelei or is it characteristic of a Succubus’s instinctual response to men they engage in sexual intercourse with? Are Bridger and Ted considered Lorelei’s prey and subject to the Succubus curse?

Jacob Hufstader

I have a few, so feel free to pick your poison. 1. I really like the world you set up in Hot restart. I know that the next novel is probably at the back of the docket after finishing the next PMF and then WM and GI. Do you have plans on adding HR to the short story rotation? 2. I’m curious about what Shannon from “Halloween for life” is up to. Could we see her in upcoming short story or novel, possibly interacting with Lorelei and/or Alex? 3. In "Past Due" Lorelei says this about the curse: "The most significant effect is the hardest to describe, as it is a matter of circumstance... [it] places him in the right place at the right time, so to speak." Could you go into more depth about how that aspect of the curse works? I understand why you don't spend paragraphs in story defining it super specificily, but this might be a good space.

Karl-Johan Norén

Oh, another one: What is up with Sierra's guardian, or lack of one?

Vairya1

Succubae need sex to heal and power up. I assume incubae work the same way. More precisely, I think, they feed on a partner's (prey's) lust. What happens if a succubus and incubus have sex? Do they power up? Book 3 had a moment where an incubus in Hell thought he might get lucky with Lorelei. That was the impression I got, at least, and it was right after Lorelei expended power on Hank. He definitely wasn't cringing like he expected to be sucked dry (no pun intended) the way Azazel did Targ. While I'm on the topic, are there any differences between sucubae and incubae, aside from gender? Are succubae and incubae allowed to be heterosexual, or does their transformation broaden their sexual horizons?

cjpal61

Elliott, Four years of high school Latin kicking in… You use the singular Succubus (masculine) vs Succuba (feminine), but the plural Succubae (feminine) vs Succubi (masculine)?

Byron Swalm

Do you have a planned arc with a conclusion and final book for your main three series or do you plan on adding to them indefinitely or something in between?

Karl-Johan Norén

Hmm… we need some non-GI questions: Did the Phoenix have a prior career as a pirate ship, say Guilloutine? Does O'Humans offer humanity's other great contribution to galactic culture, that is karaoke? Any chance of solo or duo adventures with the Wandering Monsters crew? (Yeah, I know, never split the party and all that, but they've already split the party more than once.)

Bee Cee

Any plans to continue/re-visit the Hot Restart universe?

Ray Chen

I'm waiting on the next PMF book so I'll hold questions about that. A GI question - what are Amanda, Eric and Fallon up to? Amanda's magic works and thinking about it, her level of magic relative to what we've seen in the GI book seems ... very high. On par with Onyx's family, I suspect. While they might lay low and stay under everyone's radar, what are the odds of that really?? And just how strong is Amanda's magic?

Ray Chen

Oh, I take it back. I do have a PMF question. We saw the Gunny's reaction to what happened with Tanner. What about Kelly? What was that like?