I'll send mine, too, maybe.

Packing my copy, in the safe box with the tiara.

Most excellent! I shall pack it in my bag nestled in the fluffy softness of the boa.

I'm very much enjoying the image of everyone sitting at their computers with tiaras sparkling and feathers drifting. And now I'm wondering why I don't have a tiara. Hmmm.

Good point, Deb. One of the problems with the book you saw part of was, it had to be within 50,000 words. But there was so much story to tell, a lot of (especially at the end) started getting the shorthand treatment. I could feel it...I'd look at the current page number, and then at what remained to be told in the outline, and shudder. I hate artificially imposed limits.

now deleted; let me know if anyone wants to read it...

Um, Teppy? Please?

Congratulations, Susan!

t nothing to see here; move along....

Oh, lovely, Teppy! The "built for reading" really hits home, too. But darnit, I wish you hadn't had to cut for length, I wanted it to be longer, wanted just a bit more. That's a good thing, right?

Cool, Teppy! Thank you for sharing! I love the lines, "Essentially, I'm built for reading, with occasional breaks for snacks and naps. Certainly not built for a sport that was the precursor to ballet, that most graceful of physical exertions." It conveys your meaning elegantly and yet humorously.

ETA: semi-x-post!

Teppy, it's lovely!

I love the first paragraph - the physical difficulties described line after line, ending it with "I'm in seventh heaven". I love that you go along with this structure of expect-one-thing-and-get-another for a few more paragraphs. Like pretty much everybody, I liked the "built for reading" line, and I also liked "it was a challenge that used both my flabby muscles and my limber brain". Most of all, I liked the feeling of 'something in the move', if I'm making any sense, that I got from reading - like you're eager for the next step.

Thank you for re-posting that.

Lovely, Teppy!