Sometimes a copy editor makes a change and it just doesn't register that they have changed the MEANING of something you wrote. And this is serious, as in, I will from this point on hand-change EVERY copy of NIGHT CALLS from HarperPrism that I sign. And if you have a copy? Please change it.

Go get your copy. We'll wait.

On page 140, the third paragraph that starts "The important thing was not to lose eye contact." In the manuscript, the next sentence says that you can hold off a cougar with eye contact. As far as I know, and research keeps telling me, this is true. Don't break eye contact, make yourself look big, and better to make some noise so they know you're there and can avoid you. It's a cat thing. But HarperPrism changed that to say "predator," not cougar. NOT RIGHT. Eye contact is aggressive to a wolf or a bear. I think I must clarify this here, so no one gets the wrong idea. Allie knows better--and as she's never seen a wolf pack appear in front of a human like this, deep down inside she knows this is not a wolf. So I will clarify.

Allie is growing and learning. She can be and is wrong about some things. But I try very hard to make sure that if she's wrong about something that could get someone hurt? There's immediate consequences from the action, and she's learned what is right.

Whether her advice about black dogs, ghosts or unicorns is correct is another matter entirely...