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rheasilviaSo, this is how that is going down.
Crickets chirp… time passes. The deadline approaches.
Idea that is somewhat late, but not terribly late: Hey! I think I’ve got something!
Story #1: I’m not going to be THAT short, though. Maybe around 10k? That’ll still be fine, right?
Author: Sure, sure. I’ll be entirely tied up with work the week before the deadline, but I can make it through editing before then, if I lose some sleep. (Read: an insane amount of sleep.)
Author (in a sleep-deprived editing-crazed fog): OMG, I even have a title - before the story is finished!
Story#1: So hey. Here’s a teensy detail that - for reasons that do not need explaining at this juncture - appears to have escaped your notice: I am not actually the story the recipient wanted.
Author: …. ? !!!
Crickets chirp.
Author panics.
BEARS.
Idea that is really very late: Hey, so I was thinking, maybe if you combine these two other story ideas -
Author: YES! Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Story#2: I actually am what the recipient asked for! Also, you know. Under 5k. Probably. Very probably. Honest.
So, yeah. ;-) I have no idea whether either of these stories are fit to be read and enjoyed by human beings. Story#1 is still missing an ending, and Story#2 is completely unedited and extremely raw. But it has a beginning, a middle and an end and is a story, which means it can be submitted (and then be edited in the traditional sleep-deprived editing-crazed fog). And I have no actual time to work on it this weekend, and maybe not a lot next week.
Man, I look forward to being able to read again. Also, sleep.
How are you guys doing? Any bears approaching?
