I just re-read my paper. I know why I prefer to write novels :). Novels are fun to read and fun to write. This article, however, has Things that Must Be Said and was refereed, which are both good. Not sure about my grammar. Right now I'm never sure about my grammar. Today I taught interrogative pronouns and none of my students are sure about *their* grammar now, either.
Next week is the last week of this class till February and we're giving grammar a miss and playing parlour games. Right now I only have two parlour games to play (because we have to do writing-related ones - can't fall back on charades) but I am thinking about hunting out a couple of solid 19th century ones.