New work in progress, plus life in general

 
My son turns 18 today, which means no more court-ordered child support. I think I’ll celebrate by making the monthly check I send his mother about 60% larger. What the heck, he’s in college now, and it feels different now that I don’t have to do it.

After mulling on it for awhile, today I started on a new fic. This one shouldn’t be too long — it just has that feel to it — and I got 1,300 words done on the first round. Maybe a week, maybe less.

liz_marcs’ recommendation on her LJ got me attention I hadn’t expected (or at least not so quickly), including a few people with whom I had already corresponded in the past, or with whose work I was already familiar. Nice.

The weather is cooling here. I don’t think the temperature broke 85° today. After months of letting my blood thin in the Afghan heat, I have to start planning on how to deal with winter when it arrives.

So, the story I’m on right now; then another one when I finish (that one somewhat longer, between 20,000 and 40,000 words); then — assuming nothing has come up in the meantime — I can consider addressing another story I’ve had in the back of my mind for a few years now.

Anticipation is fun. Doing a story is even more so. Each in its own turn.