Wow, I am sorry I missed that, but grown up stuff kept me away. There was simply too many things to be done at the house and not enough people to do them. Thank goodness Neil lives in the Twin Cities and I'm sure I'll get several more opportunities.

I liked what you said about not writing like Neil even if you might like to. He's one of the authors that inspires me to write just by reading his work. And yeah, I'm incredibly impressed by his skill, but am not trying to copy his style myself.