I may have to cancel my life till I get PEGASUS done.  No, till I get the proofs read.  No, till I get the proofs read and PEGASUS done.  You know it would simplify my life a lot if SUNSHINE would just become a somewhat late-blooming best-seller.   Not worrying about where the next bag of dog food is coming from* would not make me lazy and smug and never out of bed before 10 am**.  I would write faster because I wasn't wasting time worrying.***

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