I haven't read all of your "aq reread" tagged posts, but this is one that I quite liked. Your comments on your pacing and trying to set things up / foreshadow them for later (sometimes much later) is really interesting.

I don't know if you've posted it or mentioned it yet, but what did your outline look like before you started? Did you use bullet points or anything to keep your various plot threads (some of which won't be addressed til later and some that are still ongoing, even with book5) straight?

Little things like never calling Galen a "he" ... you really had to have had everything thought out.

Cheers