YIIIIIIPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!I did it. For the first time in about four, maybe five years . . . . I'VE FINISHED A BOOK! Well, the rough draft, anyway. But we're talking a full length book, my friends! Complete with chapters! A beginning, middle and an end . . .of sorts. This pleases me. Now I have to rewrite the whole thing to make it publishable. But hey! You have to have the awful first drafts down before you can improve them, right? So, a brief round of applause would encourage me vastly as I undertake the second drafting of my Novel of Literary Brilliance . . . . Do you know what's singularly disgruntling to the flow of creative juices and artistry? Laundry. I've rarely come across any pastime less romantic than laundry. There's more romance to be found in cleaning the bathroom than there is in laundry. Nevertheless, mine is calling me, and I must answer before I may continue my literary labors. Sigh. | 
