I probably shouldn't have taken the book. Burn that, I know I shouldn't have taken the book. Mrs. Philipoulos is pretty cool, for a librarian-of-doom—aka descendant of revenge goddess Nemisis. As long as you don't mess with her books. If she had seen me stuff one in my bag she'd be in serious fits. Instant detention for at least a year.
But when you're in the top secret archives of Olympus in the top secret second basement of the top secret school for the descendants of the Greek gods and a book starts glowing as you walk by, you kind of have to pay attention. It would have been practically negligent to ignore it.
I'm close to done with the first draft and will be sending it off later this week. Fingers crossed that the whole process goes swiftly and painlessly so I can release it next month.
