Hi Laura,<br /><br />Thank you for the edit. Initially I had written in present tense and going with the advice of previous editor I changed it to past. It is a little strange for me since I am used to writing in a present tense journal-style. I am not sure if I will leave it that way in the long run but for this submission I'm trying the past. With that said i plan to make the journal entries past tense and also to remove the 'journal' heading, as it does not seem necessary.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;I do intend for the plague thing to be a part of the narrative. The idea is that the character does have it but I haven't figured how to show this.&nbsp;<br />&nbsp; &nbsp;Thank you for the read and if you have any other insights I'm happy to hear them.<br /><br />&nbsp; Robert