And another one gone

[aadler]

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. 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.