Peg Kerr's Journal

I don't think it's all that close. But I have to wonder: are you really looking for excuses to ditch this book? And if so, is it just because you know the book will take posession of you and wring you dry once you really get into it, or is this just not the book you ought to be writing? If the first, then I think it's a hurdle you just need to steel yourself to, if this book needs to be written. The second possiblity, though, is something I've wondered about since reading the comment at the end of Wild Swans, that you only write stories that grab hold of you and refuse to let go (or words to that effect).