I sent my book off to my beta readers a couple of weeks ago. After doing so, I realized that pretty much all of them were friends of mine on Facebook, so I created a private group for everyone to discuss the book and what they were getting from it so far.

I have only heard from two people so far (out of seven).

In the meantime I've been starting to document the rest of the series that I'm working on. In order to do so, I've built a little personal website that lives on my computer. In my spare time I have been adding reference photos (to help me visual my characters), bios, birthdates, important events, etc. and tying everything together in this little site.

It's been a great tool for outlining, connecting, and diagramming my book series. With all of the characters and connections that I've been making, I'm finding it a necessity to organize it all. So that is what I decided to do (since it was free and I'm cheap).

Interestingly enough, Writing Excuses just did a podcast on the importance of "Story Bibles" (http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/04/24/writing-excuses-5-34-story-bibles/) and they talked about the different tools they use while writing.

Personally, I'm digging my version. It's working well for me so far.