Sorry, MaxWedge. I am actually a fiction writer. And for a writer, I sent you some pretty lame wording.
Your response was just fine and actually much appreciated. It's just that I didn't expect ANY response. So I wasn't shocked "by" your response. I was shocked that I received any response at all!
Thanks again for taking the time to LMK I had entered an ancient thread. Hopefully someone will come along and find it to be useful, as I did.