For what it's worth, R, I think your inner critic is full of !#$!%!$@!. I'm constantly impressed by what you've accomplished.

Me - I accomplished all my goals except that I didn't finish the laundry yet.

My critic has the same things to say about me. Coincidence?????

I'm having a lot of fun with my writing now. I'm almost at the end, and I'm about to write a part where the characters admit to what they've done. It needs to be well written. It could easily be sloshy and overly sentimental. A published author (I don't remember her name.) said that her first draft is the scaffolding. It's necessary for building the home, but, you're not going to leave it up. You're going to tear it down after the house is built. She throws out her first draft and then completely rewrites the story. I'm not that brave, I won't throw out the scaffolding until the house is completed, but I do an awful lot of editing.

Good wishes to you both, R and SprinkL3 and anyone else who reads this.