Hello

[kelkoura]

after seven trips to the doors of death

I do go on don't I?

Yes, it seems like you can't be stopped! Wow!

So, when the Artist in me asserts his (my) selfish need for perfection to put everyone else in the shade with my dazzling literary art, I have to pull out my reality gun and shoot that pompous fool in the head so I can 'git er done' and move on

Amen! That seems like a very healthy attitude. I'm glad you're not one of those writers who keep working on the same thing because they think they can make it "perfect." I think that's unhealthy and it reminds me of the unfortunate servant in Christ's parable of the talents.

[This Baron of Mora]

writers who keep working on the same thing because they think they can make it "perfect."

Reminds me of someone named Niggle, as in Leaf by Niggle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf_by_Niggle (also known as John Tolkien).

[kelkoura]

Very interesting. I've never read Leaf by Niggle, though I believe we have it in the house somewhere. I'll have to dig it up.