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10. Strong female leads. (I'm told I'm good at this.)
9. Multiple love interests. (Chance & Jesse, check, but I have readers suggesting Booke & Kel, too. Really?! And no, Miranda, under no circumstances will I kill off Eva and match Corine with Chuch, no matter how adorable you find him. Yes, I was picturing Luis Guzman too.)
8. Continuing story arcs. (I love not having to wrap it all up in one book.)
7. There is a plausible reason for an unusually intelligent Chihuahua. You just haven't figured it out yet. (Yes, you can email me your guesses. I don't think you'll ever get it. Until you read it and go, "ohhhhhh.")
6. Two words: haunted diaphragm.
5. Finally, my years of playing D&D pay off, and I can create my own spells!
4. See above, only with monsters. Look for the Corine Solomon bestiary, coming soon.
3. Sexual tension. (I can draw this out for books, if I want to. No, I'm not telling who she hooks up with, mostly because I don't know yet. Note: Anne is strongly in the Chance camp.)
2. Because it's fantasy, now with even more explosions!

And finally...

1. In plotting, I can use the extra-awesome Lucy Lawless Simpsons explanation for any continuity issues: "A wizard did it."

Ann Aguirre / http://www.annaguirre.com
National bestselling author of... well, books.

Ann Aguirre, Blue Diablo, fantasy, Penguin Books