Mark the date and time

Today I finally fell in love with the sequel.

Ye gods that took a shockingly long time!

You've noticed me struggling (remember when I dropped 70 pages?). I like to bring my difficulties out into the light and examine them, partly because doing so can jostle new ideas loose, partly because I think it's instructive for aspiring writers to see me struggle. Then you can say to yourself, Wow, if a chronic bumbler like that can write a novel and get published, maybe there's hope for me after all!

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