Well, the basic slog is anyway...

...I've only just got the chance to start reading through what I've written, and what is glaringly obvious to me is the need to edit it thoroughly. This is something I always tell my students when they're doing academic assignments - first you've got to research and prepare and take notes, then you produce your work, then you check it through. Now I have to take a leaf out of my own book, as it were. Rather than post the remaining portion on here, however, I'm going to set up a blog for the novel itself, so that you may read it in comfort and leisure.