"Well, I'm back," he said.

Well, I have a replacement chapter. All I can tell is that it's closer to the right shape, though it may need tinkering. The delicate negotiations of a more realistic HEA. I may still be letting Her Nibs off too lightly, but well, they're young, they're horny, they're half-naked in privacy, and they've just agreed they're going steady -- they're going to do at least some making out.

If I can polish it and find a last line that isn't limp, I may have a completed novel.

And then to find a victim someone willing to put up with read the dratted thing. Or maybe just give up and natter about mixtapes.

---L.