Ideas while I drive! That's where I have them. I used to have ideas in the shower, but not so much any more. Sharing a shower can be distracting that way. Anyway, back to the idea. I started writing the beginning to The End of Bliss awhile ago and it really sucked. It sucked all kinds of ways. I might have even posted here about the magnitude of suck. And that's disappointing because I had a great image in my head. I just couldn't get the pacing right.

Well today, I realized it just didn't fit the book and that's why it didn't work. Who could love a character that massacres all those people no matter how bad they are? I want the readers to know him first. Or at least know of him so they might give him the benefit of the doubt. So, I'm moving that scene to the second book (which I've retitled Paragon Cause and Conviction instead of The Lion and the Unicorn). In fact, I'm moving the entire character to the second book. His sidekick, who I love the idea of (and hope I can do him justice) will be one of the two foci of the first book.

His role within the Brinnish Friars is essentially the same as Satan within the Jewish faith (which is different than Satan in the Christian faith), but I can't figure out a name for the job. I keep getting stuck on satan, which just won't work.