And our last “Author’s Note” for May is from Carrie Vaughn, about the three novels that I stuck together into Long-Time Listener, First-Time Werewolf (and she’s such a good sport she even liked my silly idea for an omnibus title – can’t ask for more than that from an author):

When I wrote the first short story about a werewolf named Kitty who starts a talk radio show, a little voice told me, "This is crazy.  No one will ever go for this."  But I did it anyway. It turns out I had a lot more material than just a short story's worth. A bunch of stories and novels later, Kitty is still going strong.

I've since learned that when that little voice speaks—"That's crazy, you'll never get away with this"—I'm on the right track. That voice recognizes the really wild ideas. It's the same voice that says I shouldn't ride that motorcycle, that I should have majored in accounting rather than English lit, etc. That voice hates risk.  But you know what? That's where all the good stories are.  (Like this one time, with the motorcycle...)