Just got Heart of the Wood back from first reading, and I’m dancing a jig because there’s no major rewriting in my future.  Need to tweak a few things, but that should be easily accomplished tomorrow.  I can then get it off to Roust for nuts-n-bolts editing, and have it ready to submit at Lit for the contest on Monday.

With that burden off my shoulders, I’m free to write on whatever tickles my fancy again — and I have a lot of options.  Naturally, I’m going to concentrate on finishing that scene in SOTM 17 first, so I can get 18 up and rolling.

I’ll also be doing my final edit on Ch. 16 soon, to get it ready to submit.  It certainly won’t be in the upcoming week ( because the submission period for the contest is open through the middle of the week ) but it might be the next Thursday at midnight after that.  All depends on how the edit goes, and whether I get too wrapped up in writing to edit.