If I'm the protagonist, who's the author?

Whew! I've been living the Victor Bayne experience the last few days. (Translation: even the most simple of things are sure to go wrong, just because they can.)

First, the hard drive on my art computer died, which means no typesetting, no podcasting, no ebook production, no uploading ebooks to distributors, and no newsletter layout.

So I went and bought a vodka cocktail drink. (You know how they have those pre-mixed mixed drinks nowadays? It was a good brand.) I sat down to finish the puzzle I'...