Up to 4500 on Heart.  I had a bit of a transition between a wider plot point and the next step in the relationship, and it took me a little while to muse out.  I finished the transition a little bit ago, so now I get to write some fun banter and guarded looks, followed by a scene I can almost directly recycle from one of the previous versions, so I would guess that I’ll be up around 6K some time tomorrow.

Then, I can pass a little time with some generalities, moving on to both the next step of the relationship and the next greater plot point.  From there, it’s just getting to the closure of the plot, getting them in bed, and wrapping up everything real nicely with the ending that I’ve had in mind since I conceived the piece — which I hope is the heart-string tug that will put this one over the top for the readers.

On top of that, I finally had a good idea for an Earth Day story in my third name.  It’s taking an old passion, combining it with a new passtime, and using it as the basis of one character, while at the same time taking another story idea I’ve had for a while, and making that into the second character.

My stories in that pen name progress a lot more quickly than most of what I write — mainly because they’re plot lite — and that gets me to a naughty bits section a lot quicker.  When I have something with plot to write when I feel like it and something hot and heavy to write when I don’t, I seem to keep my momentum rolling a lot better, so that’s very much a good thing.

Have a nice title and tagline for it, too.  I think it will catch some eyes and get me some solid readership.

Now to chill for a while and hope the young one is actually winding down and not just saving strength to stay up all night on me.