I am indeed blessed. So I’m one of those people who tries hard to focus on the positives, no matter how small. So, I’m thinking today, after getting hooked up to a pretzel supplier, that letter From St Martin’s Press will arrive. They’ll say Yes, send us your manuscript. And a short time after that, they’ll tell me I’ve got a contract.

Then I’ll really got nuts. I’ll order SIX boxes of pretzels and a case of Barq’s root Beer as well as Diet Dr Pepper. And I won’t be stingy. I’ll share my blessings. I’ll bestow Swell with her very own box of DP.