You're encouragement is appreciated,
but I have no one to blame for my failure to do so but myself. I just can't seem to marshall up the resources to get started, whether its lack of mental resources or sheer laziness I don't know.
I can blame it on the Zone. After about 2500 words I find myself wrapping it up. I'm afraid my novel, when and if I write it, will be composed of very short chapters.