(#7) Trust me, if I ever get to Wyoming/Oklahoma it is a date.
yours ever, Peter T. P.S. Peg, there are a zillion reasons, motives why people stumble, even over -- especially over -- book contracts. It is like Phd students, some are afraid of their fathers, some are afraid they will be boxed in, some are afraid they will finally have to reveal that they "know nothing", I could go on all day. I would start a thread on Writer's Block except that that is a very neat way to avoid writing.
yours, Peter T.