Reviews, Progress, and Critiques - Duncan

So, we've had our first review up on the independent book review blog site Beauty in Ruins. Fortunately, the reviewer liked the book, so we're very happy. We've been very busy with domestic and family commitments recently, so we haven't had much opportunity to do much more promotion for the Dreaming Demon, but hopefully things are settling down a little now, and we can get back into full swing. In the meantime, Alex has been doing a grand job with progressing her first full novel, with the working title of "Miss Silk and the Tomb of Menkare." We're targeting around 80,000 words for the first book in the series, and she's now written 85,000 words, with around two or three chapters to go. Some of the scenes that she's written already will be going in the second book of the series, but I think we're on track to have a first draft of the first novel completed in the next 6 to 8 weeks, if not before.  
It's always useful to get feedback on your work from folk who aren't related to you, and the first chapter of the novel has now completed its first run through the Critters website. We got eight really useful critiques, and encouragingly, some people loved every word, although most gave some really interesting suggestions and comments which will be taken into account in the second draft and can only make it stronger.  As we speak Alex is implementing some changes to chapter 1, and we'll then be submitting the whole novel chapter by chapter for critiquing. Any other volunteers to be beta readers and provide honest, constructive feedback would also be welcome, so please let us know if you;d be interested in helping out in this way.