Sending you sympathies and good thoughts - everybody drops the ball at some point and has to pick themselves up. Cut yourself a break if you can.

I hope you continue to write, for the purely selfish reason that I want to read and sell your
books.

I hope you can get a personal assistant - it sounds like you need one - and I LOVE your concept of "what would Miri do?" Hmn. What would Cantra do? [Paraphrasing: 'In the matter of assistants, two things are important - can they organize? And will they dismay your debtors?']

Hope I made you laugh,
Lauretta
Constellation Books