Exciting news, Fiona!
I've ignored my WIP this past week - human and canine members of my family have had health crises, have been mired in dealing with those (thankfully the patients are on the mend but there's now recuperation to consider - and in one case I'm helping coordinate stuff long-distance), and my consulting work obligations. Barely any energy or sanity for creative writing. Which stinks because I realize that everyone has periods of 'drama' in their lives, and if we all stopped writing when this happened far fewer books would get written. But I don't feel up to more than journaling at present.
Hopefully things will get better soon....
But congratulations to everyone on their progress! And I add my vote of encouragement for Verla's maybe-novel: don't pass judgement on it yet, just keep writing and see what happens - you might come up with even another approach in the process!