The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. - Jane Austen
When you hit rock bottom, you have two choices: admire the archaeological significance of what's around you, or go up and face the penalty for unauthorized digging.
March 26: I have been on the verge of discontinuing my fictionpress account for some time now, but it can wait. Instead, I'm adding a poem, updating the already insanely long prologue, and adding Tales of Alunen, a series of scenes relating to my characters...it's all in the introduction. Read it.