I'm This Close...

... to finishing my exchange fic. It's really all over but the shouting, which is probably what Jules will be doing on the last two chapters. If I've done my job.

Seriously, I fretted through this story; I knew it was a good prompt, I know I'm a decent writer, but putting it all together with everything Real Life was throwing at me really had the old insecurity-ometer pegging the dial.

You know what fixed it? My beta. My clever, uncompromising, tell-it-like-it-is, right-on-the-money beta, stgulik , the patron saint of insecure writers. Bless her. If you like this fic (and I hope you will), just know that it would not be a tenth as good as it is without her intervention, encouragement and sparkling wit. Remind me to tell you about the best email I have ever received. It has sat by my laptop during the writing of this fic and has gotten me inspired more times than I can count.

Thank you, Jules, for making my first Exchange experience one that I will never forget - for all the right reasons. If there is a beta heaven, you will be among the archangels.