Loved your reply. It also reminded me of the first novel I ever wrote. When I reached page 1,000, I stopped to re-read...found my writing puerile and my characters totally without life to them and I threw it in the black rubbish bag. Even time has not softened my opinion of it...

I am tempted to post a short episode for you ...Robert meets a god of another universe, and the god forces them to dream episodes (where they are not themselves). Robert is a monk who creates a book, from pressed leather cover to the art of letters coloured by gold and so on....

I think you would enjoy it...

If I do, I'll let you know
:)