Dear Santa,

I would like you to know that I have been very, very good this year.  For Christmas, I would like our miniatures business to actually contribute to paying the bills.  It's not that I don't appreciate the success we've had already, but it's just not quite enough yet to justify the time and energy that goes into it. 

In addition, I would like my novel to sell and to actually start getting paid for my writing.  (We both know I've waited quite a long time for that one.)

I understand that this is an awful lot to ask, so if you could just manage one or the other, I'd be most grateful.  If I could have both, though, I promise to be extra good next year, and leave you extra milk and cookies on Christmas Eve.  In fact, I'll leave those cookies out anyway, just in case.  

Yours,

Janci