@Mavromichaelis i don't mind at all! please feel free to come here and talk anytime. i've really appreciated your comments, and i always look forward to seeing what you have to say!
i have a couple of chapters stored up in my master doc, and i've luckily had some time the past few days to polish them up, make my final edits, and publish.
i'm so sorry to hear about your writer's block! i hope reading my story can help in some way!