Once more I have to admit defeat. There will be no story chapter posted at all this week. Remember that thing about not operating machinery? It applies to doing anything much creative and that includes downloading my brain into a website at the moment.

The cold I was given is... not so much a proper cold as something related. I think. My nose runs probably about as much as anyone's does this time of year. I get hot and cold, and sweat and not-sweat, and there's absolutely no connection between the two. I have headaches, sometimes, for no obvious reason. I can't taste anything.

The worst part, though, is the coughing. I've spent the best part of a week coughing. Day and night. I can cough in my sleep, I'm that good at it. It has made my throat super-sore and quite a few of my ribs ache where they join the sternum. Heaven only knows what I'm doing to my lungs. Sleep patterns? Don't be silly, what sleep patterns? The last few days, apart from coming here, I've mostly been lying quietly and reading (since you ask, mostly Honor Harrington as it happens).

I have written about 1,500 words of chapter 15 but I'm not impressed by the quality so I'm going to leave it completely alone till this eases up. I don't think I'll be posting next Wednesday either, as it happens, since I'll be letting the Dentist clean out my bank account before going and getting my hair tinted. So, expect Ch 15 to arrive sometime Thursday 24th March. Unless something else happens, of course.

Penny