Ken said: > I am sure there must be a feeling of great satisfaction, especially, as seems to be the case here, when the Readers find the fruits of his labor to be sweet. To the left, after the Author has spent some months or years (or decades in the case of some Historians)toiling over his manuscript, that sweet fruit is consumed in mere hours, leaving the Reader with (if I may mix the metaphor) an unquenchable thirst for more. > Ah, this reminds me of the bittersweet satisfaction of the Cook, who has labored long and assiduously to produce a meal that may last only minutes, or, at the most and in the best of company, hours. At least the Author, without further labor, may look forward to new Diners to consume the same masterpiece. Of course, this by no means softens the clamor of those Diners who have already consumed the one book, and are already baying at his heels (if I may hopelessly scramble the metaphor, as an egg) for the next installment. To conclude, Honorable Author, as I have said before, Write Faster! Mia