You're welcome! I always enjoy our back-and-forth. :-)

> "to desire a handsome rich powerful man [...] I hardly think is a capital sin."

Of course. It's just natural and evolutionary. :-)

I was just pointing out that's the basis of female attraction, not something deeper or character-related (most of the time, at least).

Regarding the improving of a published piece, I think it happens all the time. I gave myself this rule: when I have finished a piece and I think it's ready, I just leave it there a couple days. If no improvements comes up in my mind, I publish it. There's no piece that cannot be improved by a good re-reading. ;-)