"Did she?"
"What?"
"Only succeed because of us?"
"No, not really. I am writing this story after I have finished The Sun Thief so that I have enough free stuff to give away on Amazon."
"What!" exclaimed Sid, "This isn't even going to be a proper novella?"
"Er, no," err no'd I.
"I don't want to do it Author," protested the dwarf, "I want a proper adventure, to have a proper objective/quest/mission."
"But..."
"No," co-protested Arthur, "I agree with Sid, we should have a proper story, even Sam Beckett did, he didn't just jump around in time with no rhyme or reason."
"Rhyme or reason," thought I, "I'll choose rhyme."
"There was a young girl from Nantucket," began Sid, "Who tried to live life in a bucket..."