40+. Seems to be going well. The usuual moments of despair. Was bopping about the web and saw that Dorchester has posted an excerpt of The Spare (Good, guess that means they really are going to publish it....) But the excerpt says "Chapter 1" and it's actually Chapter 2. Naturally, this makes me panic. Calming breath. The reasonable thing to do is send a polite email asking to have the Chapter 1 changed to Chapter 2. Right? They couldn't possibly have cut an entire chapter without telling me, could they? Argh!!!