Brief Author Bio:

My soundtrack for writing about TK practice:
Muse -- Butterflies and Hurricanes
Apollo Four Forty -- High On Your Own Supply
Drill -- What You Are
Flobots -- Fight With Tools
Clannad -- Forces of Nature
Gossip -- Heavy Cross

My soundtrack for writing about urban bohemia, the artistic and destitute:
Alanis Morissette -- A Man
The Fratellis -- Chelsea Dagger
Sneaker Pimps -- Six Underground
Mint Royale -- Blue Song
Gorillaz -- Dare
Thievery Corporation -- Lebanese Blonde
BT -- The Revolution
Freak Power -- No Way
Fluke -- Absurd
and the entire album "Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia" by the Dandy Warhols.

Words my spellcheck hates:
Psion
Psi
Psychokinesis
Parapsychology
Mae (character's first name, short for Amelia)
Prinz (another character's surname)
Reiki
Empath