She’s definitely banging both, planning with each to screw over the other.
However, she’s pulled back due to the Unlife issue, that has put a crimp in her plans as she really wants nothing to do with Unlife.
She’s got them both, planning to pit them against each other and take the book for herself (her team). Once she has the book, and can open it, all bets are off. Or so the plan goes….
Yes, I think that pretty much describes Ramses, he’s the action hero in his own movie. Unfortunately, no one bothered to inform him that he’s the bad guy.
I have no real idea on the date for the next main. That may be realistic, but I am hoping sooner. Ideally, I’d like to get down to 1 main/big book per year (not necessarily DoA–it does end at some point–sorta) and then a smaller book in between.
The problem I have at the moment is that I’m in DoA mode/mindset, and CoA has a very different tone that I need to recapture. Not sure that it’s going to be as easy as I’d hoped working on both back and forth.
The difference in tone is simply from the universes (social circles/power circles) of the characters. I hope as Kristof gets more into the Wilds things will converge. The humor comes from a different place than with Tom. It’s a bit more Jane Austen, without the spouse hunting. Or rather, Kristof is more like one of Jane Austen’s protagonist’s victims/targets. Sort of a young Darcy trying to escape hordes of swooning maidens, who are clearly after him for his money/position (as his looks, to which he is very sensitive, are not up to princely standards)
Also, at the moment, it’s a single POV.