Well, half a scene.  I should be able to finish the first draft of Lowborn 06 today, and then I’ll let it simmer before reading back through, tweaking, and putting it in the hands of first readers.

Have to see where I go from there, but I’m leaning toward another short romantic piece with Thakkor and Alicia similar to King Thakkorias and Queen Alicia, but jumping back in time to a little while after they get married at the end of Merchant Princess.  It will be summer themed, and end up in the Lit Summer Lovin’ contest.

I won’t be eligible to win, because I won as Les with Secret of the Wood, but contests are always great for the exposure.  Besides, it will tweak the noses of the Triad of Ultimate Ego to put a story in the contest with characters that I’ve written before *laugh*

Still remains to be seen whether Lowborn will make it in at the seven chapter mark, or expand into eight.  Six is going to end before the penultimate action scene, and I think that the final bits of character development for some of the characters may very well fill up chapter seven.  Just have to see where it goes.

If it works out that way, it will leave Ch. 7 with the final battle, and the epilogue.