Normally I do not overly worry about timeframes. Sometimes good writing comes when it comes, and of course there is always the harsh reality of that which we call real life to be dealt with. Only...

You last post. I had trouble formulating a response to it. I kept thinking a number of different ways I might respond or how I could take the story in this direction or that... Only your post was so completely and utterly amazing. You made me envious as a fellow writer! I thought it was so beautifully written that I wrestled with how I could match it! I know I had originally envisioned the Captain's wife only as a side character to the bizarre love triangle of Officer-Bess-Highwayman, but you have breathed such life into her as to make me blush! The expression of her thoughts and her maturing as she realizes the extent of her husband's debilitations... I found it so artistically done that I find myself in anticipation of her next appearance in our story! And whatever else might happen in our tale, I would hope that Diana might find a happy ending.