Dec. 30th, 2005

aadler: (ck4)

11:45PM Central Afghan Time

The last few days have kept me busy enough that I had to streamline my activities (as an example, I haven’t watched any Alias episodes on DVD since Wednesday, and I was just about to start getting into new material). I’ve kept writing, though. “Beg to Differ” is at 9,000 words now; for awhile I thought it might stretch out to 15,000 or more, but I’m feeling the end drawing nigh, and it’s just a matter of what verbiage is required to get me there. I might very well finish tomorrow — and I’ll definitely try to do so, that being my original goal — but it certainly won’t take me more than a couple of days beyond that, if at all.

Once I finish, I may not post immediately; I’ll need to revise at least a bit, and I want to be particularly careful about character voice. [livejournal.com profile] liz_marcs and [livejournal.com profile] bellatemple have both friended me, and I believe I’ll investigate asking them to take a preliminary look and offer suggestions.

I feel good, though. I’m on the home stretch, and something that wasn’t even in my head a couple of months ago is now very near to being a completed product. I’m much more proud of my children than of my stories, but the feeling is very similar.

The next time I post will be on New Year’s Eve. Cosmic.