It's December. It's Face The Deadline Time.

[lagilman]

DAUGHTER OF THE SEA draft -- done and handed off to editorial mercy, on time. yay!
Freelance Project 1 -- done and gone. Yay!
Freelance Project 2 -- underway. Yay!
Short story from hell -- voice problem solved, ending is nigh. Yay!

and, as of this morning, the last line was typed on the (very very rough) draft of BLOOD FROM STONE (Retrievers #6).

OMFGYAY!

Still work to be done on that, as it is filled with virtual sticky notes to myself on thing I need to fill, fix, correct and expand upon, but the story is there, intact, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that satisfies, and [wonder of wonder, miracle of miracles] leaves everyone in a good place to be left. I think maybe, authorial angst aside, I done good.

I'll be printing the entire thing out and reading it through on Monday, along with a beta reader, well in time for the actual delivery-due date.

Today? Today I get to reshelve all the books that have been taken down, flipped through, stacked, and reshuffled. The restoration of order is a soothing process, and just right for a cold, blustery Saturday....

Oh. But first, Pandora apparently wants to be cuddled. Excuse me, my mistress calls...

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Cheers! And Congrats! *raising a glass of scotch and gulping it down so that I can get through my deadline and taking much inspiration from you*

[difrancis.livejournal.com]

Yay! Congratulations! I have deadline envy now . . . .

[dancinghorse.livejournal.com]

You are mighty. Pandora must be proud.

My Pandora says, Not bad for a stupidhuman.

[fakefrenchie.livejournal.com]

Good for you. Glad you have your priorities stright! Pandora's cuddling is higher up on the list than reshelving books.

[mizkit.livejournal.com]

HOORAY

[desperance.livejournal.com]

Oh, the yayness of the yay! That's all good, from draft to cuddle...