Is that a good enough answer for you?

I make my way through the cold, gray, rainy day to the library by the park, and shake off the chill in the lobby.

As I make my way toward the fiction room, who should I see but my friend Jai! After we've exchanged pleasantries, I ask him how his novel is coming, and he pulls a wry face.

"That's a terrible question," I say, "like the only answer to it should be 'Fuck you is how it's coming!'"