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Well, I've been going over what I've done and having a good hard think (oo-er!). I've been thinking of going through the entire novel and upgrading the technology, to make it more sci-fi. Until now, I've basically set it in, as MST3K say, Next Sunday AD. And I liked that. Everything fit there, except for one plot point, the one that opens the whole novel, the plastech autosurgeon. It's just too advanced for the rest of the book. So, my writerly brain says, upgrade the rest of the tech to suit it.

Except...

Well, except it's not hugely necessary for the plot. It was just one more twist amongst many, and has stood out like a sore thumb. I loved the idea behind it, but the more I think, the more I suspect it doesn't belong in this book. So I'm giving serious consideration to just taking it out altogether, rather than rewriting the whole thing as more skiffy-ish.

Who was the canny bastard that said you have to kill your darlings? Sigh...
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