tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10119768.post110577592884035772..comments2007-04-15T15:17:36.480-07:00Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05817389600100595979noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10119768.post-1106847147781056382005-01-27T09:32:00.000-08:002005-01-27T09:32:00.000-08:00What makes the backyard story even more compelling is that it's only eight or ten feet from the house to the back fence. Seriously! I've seen it!<br /><br />But as for the "maintenance gene", I'm pretty sure it's just a part of the human condition, so you don't have to feel like you're special or anything ;) Besides, once you "finish" a book and shop it out for publication, then there's edits done to it, trips to bookstores in Podunk to promote it, interviews with press who want to know why on earth you wrote it in the first place, etc. You could say that all of those are facets of maintenance.<br /><br />You just *can't* escape it. Of course, there's always World of Warcraft...Randyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05811569399081266851noreply@blogger.com