May I join in the general clamour. This is excellent news for all concerned. Well done Emma and thanks for all your good advice. I hope you will be sending me some more.
I'm half expecting to have to take some arcane e-oath of cyber-fealty and online obedience, probably with one virtual trouser leg rolled up, but meanwhile, thanks everyone for all the good wishes.
As old WW hands will know, I tend to dip into the forums more than I get involved with uploaded work: mine, or other peoples'. But since I know I ought to put my stories where my mouth is, I'm about to upload one, so that anyone who's interested can see where I'm coming from as a writer. It's called 'Maura's Arm', and I'll paste the link in as soon as I've got it safely stowed in the archive.