No, not Legend. I'm talking about my very, very, very first novel. You only have one first novel--not your first published novel, but the first one that you are able to write "The End" on. I know that for the most part (unless you are Stephenie Meyer!), first novels don't end up going anywhere except for the back of your closet or the Archives folder on some old hard drive. And for the most part, this is a good thing. But I've always felt a certain rosy fondness for first novels--not just for my own, but for others'. It's usually that first novel, however bad (or good), that teaches us that we want to become writers. It's the one that makes us realize that we can do it. The dream is possible, at least according to our word count.