@mandy ugh sorry to hear it's painful for you! Good choice to go through it anyway. I guess a few moments of pain is much better than letting something go undetected.
@rivercityrandom Writing a novel in #emacs is quite straightforward and not very different from, uh, writing a novel.Here is how I do it: starting with chapter 1 I would hit the following keys: Shift+C, h, a, p, t, e, r, space, 1. Hope that helps.