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Three hundred words to be added then I'm finished this draft of "Chocolate Redemption." I want to give it one more pass, but I don't know if that's me being good or me being scared of writing synposes and query letters and trying to delay them.

I also fear that if I go through it again I will write another subplot in because I keep wanting the minor characters to have more fun stuff. This is a bad state to be in because the temptation to hold onto these people and their lives for ever is really great. That's why - whatever I do with it - I will do in the next week. After that I have to think of new stuff and the only work I will do on old stuff for a bit is getting it out there, which may take six weeks or it may take six months or it may take six years.

It's so easy to delay the next stage. I hate query letters! I would rather kill off all my favourite characters than write one. Thinking about it, I hate queries even more than I hate rejections, because rejections are inevitable in life and I'm pretty sure that 'query letter writer' isn't a part of what was written in the stars for me at birth. "Talented whinger" was, as was "lover of coffee and fine books."

Now I am wondering just what other strange things the stars held for me at birth. "Pickler of mushrooms"?

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I just came across the perfect present for too many of you. If I had one friend who knitted and I knew exactly what needles you most used, you might have got a set, but there are six of you who knit and far too many needles to choose from so instead of sending you a present I am pasting the URL for your delectation: http://www.clover-usa.com/cat.php?k=59577

Melbourne people might get a coffee from me in lieu if they remember to see me.