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And back on track

Had a bit of an email snafu, but it’s been straightened out.  Second chapter of Lowborn is back from editing, and the third is in Roust’s hands.  So, the first week is already good to go, with the second in progress.  I don’t really anticipate any issues with keeping chapters ready to go.

It’s a tough call, but I’m going to go with a submission date of Saturday.  Going with Sunday would give me a better chance of hitting a Thursday night/Friday morning posting, which has the best readership, but it also has a chance of hitting the weekend, which is horrible.

I’m not willing to take that gamble.

Sometimes, Laurel will approve my fantasy stories more quickly than she does other categories ( probably to have a mix of categories each day ), but again, not willing to gamble.  If it comes out on Wednesday, I’ll take it.  I won’t like it, but I’ll take it *laugh*

My target posting date is either the 30th or 31st.  It could fall a day earlier ( or hopefully not ) a day later, depending on Lit’s queue.  Regardless, the first chapter is going in this weekend, so Lowborn is on the way 🙂

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It’s gonna be a long week.

I had a good idea this was coming on Friday, because we do part of the stuff for the next week in the second half of Friday, but it’s come home to roost today.  Going to be a nightmare at work.

The young one also decided he wanted to hang out with me not long after I updated here last night, so nothing written.

As it stands, I’ll probably concentrate on editing to make sure Lowborn is ready to rock and roll.  Pretty soon, I’ll have my bead on Lit’s queue with that RR story, and that should finalize my submission date to aim for the release date I want.

The first chapter is the only one that I’m really concerned about hitting on a good day.  That’s the important one that’s going to draw people in, so it needs to hit for optimal exposure.  After that, I want to aim for around Tuesday and Thursday nights, but I’m not going to fret if it’s early or late ( as long as it’s not Sunday… Ugh… )

I’ll probably get back Ch. 02 here shortly, and I’ve finished my first pass edit of 3, so it’s ready to send out.

That’s it for the moment.

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First two chapters of Lowborn

The first chapter of Lowborn is back from editing, and finalized — ready to post.  Chapter two is in Roust’s hands, and will probably be ready sometime tomorrow.  That puts me on schedule to put the first one in the queue on Saturday or Sunday for an expected release on the 30th or 31st, with the second put in the queue about three days later.

Submission dates subject to change, depending upon the queue at Lit.  I have a story as RR moving through right now, so that will give me a better idea of how long the posting delay is.  No matter what, those are the dates I’m aiming for.

Roust turns stories around pretty quickly, and these chapters are short anyway, so I don’t anticipate any issues with the twice-a-week posting from an editing standpoint.

I have another RR story done, and I’ll sneak that into the editing queue after this second chapter, but I doubt that will muddy the waters either.  It’s rare when Roust doesn’t get something back to me in 24 hours.  Plenty of time to have everything finished, quite possibly before Ch. 03 posts.

With that second RR story done, I’m about to delve into SOTM.  Just didn’t have the right frame of mind for such a vivid scene yesterday, and I think I have it today.  The young one is much quieter, and not in the mood to spend any time with me, preferring to hang out by himself ( he does that sometimes )

So, I may be able to give you some wordcount progress a little later this evening.

Or rather, probably in the wee hours of the morning *laugh*

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