"You sound well on the way to it," Gina said, after a sip or two of lemonade. "My obstetrician uses that exact same tone of voice on me. Anyway, nothing worth doing is easy, I don't think."

She had another few sips of lemonade, then answered the other question. "I'm an editor with Lilac Press. They're a small publishing house in New York. Getting bigger every day, though."