Hi and welcome, Rosie! So sorry to hear about what happened to your westie. Even though you work, if you feel you can give a dog a good home you should have another. I write too - I've had short stories and poems published, and co-wrote a soap opera on the local radio, but haven't managed to find a publisher for my novel yet. It's still doing the rounds of the publishers - well, it would be if I didn't keep getting disheartened and actually sent it out! What genre is your novel?