I know that readers have been eagerly waiting for me to finish this and I have been anxious to get it done. That said I've hit two snags lately. First, a few weekends back, I'm working away on the novel and step away from the computer for a minute. My eldest daughter gets on to do some schoolwork, which is necessary because - even though the kids have a relatively new laptop - I had failed to put MS Office on it. (Word, to be specific). When she leaves and I get back on - you guessed it - everything since the last save is gone. It's depressing, but I pour myself some liquid courage and dive back in, convinced I can make up the time. (I also load MS Office on the kids' laptop at the first opportunity.) A week later, I'm working away on the novel when the screen goes fuzzy. (Actually, it's more like a shimmering.) Completely freaked, I look around just to make sure it isn't my eyes (thankfully it isn't), but packing up my desktop and racing out to get...