I have read your writing advice and it is valuable not only for its straight forwardness but also for your admission that, in the beginning, you imitated authors you thought best represented the format you wished to achieve. If you were to recommend one of your works to an aspiring scribbler (really word processor these days) to do the same, which do you think best represents nearest attainment of the ideal you strive for in terms of story construction, pace, etc? That is, of course (a) realizing that every story is different (b) as the creator, you probably like each in a different way and (c) you might just say I should choose the one I like best…which I have but am looking to do two so as to see where they are similar. Thanks for keeping me entertained for all those hours in the past and the ones yet to come. Alan Whitney