Puzzleboxed!

[rflong]

I finished my first draft of Puzzlebox last night - making my promised 10.30 bedtime more like midnight! But I was able to tell my hubby that the pesky writer woman had gone away for a while and he could have his wife back.

Until the pesky editor woman appears.

Actually, she's here, but she's under the radar for the moment.

So it came out at 25,500 words, there or abouts. I don't think I have ever written as intensively as that before. The great grey "and magic happens" bit at the end got filled in last night with what I think is a great scene. I mean, I think it now. I thought it then. When I do my actual read through I'm sure it will be an entirely different matter. 

I have a lot of loose ends to tie up: paths that never went anywhere, conflicting histories becuase I changed my mind about a few things, but I think I have the makings of a good story here. Not necessarily by Sunday which is when the antho closes, but possibly.

There again, I do want to stay married!

Ah well, I'll sort out something. It's probably easier if I sit down with paper and a pen though, so the file is churning out of the printer as we speak.

Fingers crossed.

R

Comments

[clhollandwriter]

Your husband is a lucky man - my boyfriend has to put up with the writer woman never going away. Even when I'm not writing I'm angsting about not writing! :-D

[gabriel-writes.livejournal.com]

Congrats.

Shame so close to the wire though. I gotta let my work stew a few days, (at the least,) before finding all that's wrong with it.

Good luck.

[rflong.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean. I'm stuck this time though. I didn't find out about the antho early enough. Fingers crossed it still seems pretty good. If it doesn't get through on this one, there will be others (I actually already have one other in mind), and it is a strong story.

Anyway, work beckons

R