As I stood in the checkout at the grocery store, my eyes straying back and
forth between paperbacks with titles like "All I Ever Needed to Know I
Learned From My Forest Cat" to the latest Weekly World News with a headline
that reads "My bond-mate's Leska is a jegget!", it occurred to me that
there are some tell-tale signs that make a fan of Lisanne Norman's Sholan
Alliance series stand out from the crowd.  So here is a top-ten list of
signs to watch for.

You might be a Sholan Alliance fan if...

10. You don't think of a golf course when you hear the term "Leska Links".

9.  You see a mountain lion in the zoo and wonder what planet he's from.

8.  After losing sleep from reading the series, you wonder if this is what
Link deprivation feels like.

7.  You blame the stone walls in your house for the strange dreams you've
been having lately.

6.  You think Valsgarth would be a good place to open a bed and breakfast.

5.  When random thoughts pop into your head, you look around and say, "All
right, who's broadcasting?"

4.  The musical "Cats" just isn't the same anymore with a human cast.

3.  You ask your guests whether they'd prefer coffee or c'shar.

2.  In the middle of lovemaking, you suddenly wonder if the room is
shielded.

And the number one way to tell if you're a Sholan Alliance fan...

1.  While watching "Star Wars", you try to figure out which of the wierd
aliens are the Valtegans.