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10:40PM Central Afghan Time

So, naturally, after complaining yesterday that my latest story was resisting me, I finished it today. I had to write almost 5,000 words to do it (it came out to over 24,000 words, slightly more than the outer limit I had anticipated), but I’m done.

Now comes Phase 2, keying it in and printing out a draft and starting the first major edit. I have to be on a plane to BAF no later than the 21st — I’ll probably go the 20th — so it’s unlikely that I’ll manage more than the text inputting, if that much.

Still, the story itself is complete, if not yet in its final form. [livejournal.com profile] ludditerobot accepted my open invitation to look over what I have, preliminary to posting, so that gives me an added motivation. And, of course, it’s always possible that I can do work at BAF and post if from there. We’ll see.

So, 28 stories now. Seven done during this deployment. And I already know which two I intend to tackle next.

Feeling pretty good about myself right now.

Date: 2006-02-19 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] agilebrit.livejournal.com
VERY shiny! Congrats!

Take a bow, all right.

Date: 2006-02-20 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sylviavolk2000.livejournal.com
"Feeling pretty good about myself right now." - yes, you ought to. I'm impressed by you.