Elsie Grant

O editor mine, Some good news—work continues apace on “Broken Promise”! Wait, what’s that, you say? Correct! I’ve changed the title from the plural to the singular; my wife, Kimm, thinks it’s much sharper this way. As you know, Kimm (two m’s) is a published poet, and she pointed out that by taking off that -s you turn it into a two-syllable word. It’s given me a big boost! The intro reads much better now; by intro I mean Chapter 1, formerly the prologue.

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