Yes, saying goodbye to your characters can be tough. At the same time, you will have led them through tough times until they can manage on their own to have a fruitful and happy life (that is, if you don't kill them at the end, but deep inside, I know you won't do something this evil. )

As for the financial hiccoughs, I think there are some good role models in some of the fiction around, teaching you to set up a credit card fraud, an illegal porn website or blackmailing your relatives. Seriously, I hope you can pull through.

First off,

CONGRATULATIONS on going back to school. This is your route away from bosses like your present one. Just keep that in mind when

you need some motivation.

Fantastic on the anthology... (and yes, folks, he really did do it in less than a day!) I have had the privalage of seeing said anthology, so I'll do a little leaking.. It's very, very good.

Speaking of LiS, it

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