Edge did an Xmas Feature on Characters at Xmas including the Okal Rel Gang. Follow the link to the web site or read below.

Amel would do Christmas surrounded by as many of the people he loved as possible. He would hug the women, enjoy the food, and play with the kids. He'd help with the dishes, too. In fact he'd probably like that part best because of the happy gossiping that takes place in the kitchen.

Alivda, on the other hand, would get bored unless she got to take charge. Then it wouldn't be exciting enough for her unless there was a fire on the stove or a hot guy she could seduce, whether or not he was there with his wife.

Erien would be awkward about the social aspect until he found someone he could talk to about ways to improve the traditional aspects of the season to get through it more efficiently.

Horth would stake out a corner of the living room and stoically endure the babble of unintelligible conversation for as long as necessary to prove he could cope with it, then go jump in a rel-ship to clear his head with a little reality skimming. Unless Ilse was there. Then he'd stick it out.

Ranar would look like he was being very social but he'd actually be collecting data for an anthropological study on what the holiday meant to those present. Perry would have a hell of a good time and take home doggie bags to her Killing Reach rebels.

Ayrium would make Ameron come, incognitio, and insist he didn't talk politics with anyone.

Luthan would throw the party, with some help from Samanda O'Pearl as convener.

Eler would make a scene at the height of the evening and start a fight.

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See review on News of the Net at Avim’s Oath Recieves Top Review
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Received notification, today, of a review by RFF's Valerie Coskrey for book one of the Okal Rel Saga, The Courtesan Prince. Working on draft of the final book (part 10) in the series, tonight. Facebook also brought me a positive "vote" for Fip, the grab rat, from David Juniper who is reading Part 6: Avim's Oath. And Krysia discovered the latin mellitus, meaning "sweet as honey", which she is planning to use for part of a Demoran's name for her third novella in the Misfit series, is also part of the "diabetes mellitus" because ... how embarrassing ... people with this type of diabetes have sweet tasting urine. Oh well, just adds dimensions to the name of her love interest for the irrepressible Victoria D'Ottawa, heroine of the misfit series.

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Great review of Krysia Anderson's Okal Rel Legacies title, Misfit Leaves Home, on Readers for the Future site. Review is by Valerie Coskrey. It gives a summary of the story as well as a glowing endorsement concluding with: "Personally, I am impatient to read the promised sequel(s) of this storyline." Krysia's second installment in the Misfit series is completed in draft and in the editing process. Misfit Leaves Home is published by the Absolute XPress imprint of Hades Publications. It is available for sale on Amazon.com, at conventions where Absolute XPress titles are sold, and at Books and Company in Prince George, B.C. It is also in the libraries at D.P. Todd Secondary School and PGSS in Prince George. Special kudos go to Norm, Krysia's step-dad, who has proved a great sales rep for the title.

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Krysia Anderson, author of Okal Rel Legacies title Misfit Leaves Home was interviewed by the Prince George Free Press.

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