Rich, I know this will sound kind of sycophantic, and as you noted it's a bit late in the game to do it for OotS (but who knows what might come after). but I think I can speak for a number of people here when I say we think you are a good enough writer to pull it off if you made the effort. Not to say you're not making any effort. You know what I mean.
Also, everything Shadowknight said.