Finished Ch. 18 of SOTM today, as expected.  I’ll let it sit for a couple of days, write on other things, and then come back to read it again before beginning my editing process, and then sending it off to my editor.

Due to the long delay in posting at Lit, I won’t be submitting it until next weekend ( barring any problems with editing )  Putting it in the queue at any other time risks a Saturday or Sunday posting, which are the kiss of death for reads, so I avoid them at all costs.

Sanctuary of the Wood is approaching 4500 words, so that’s moving well.  Plenty of time to have it finished, polished, and ready to roll by the time the Earth Day contest comes around.

Writing every day, and have been for a while.  It’s usually on several stories, but eventually, they’ll all come together and be ready for posting.  I’ve got a fairly good rhythm going, and until something breaks it, I’m good to go.

I’ll also mention that Red finished the first of the replacement chapters for the “A Royal Sacrifice” chain.  She submitted it today, and started working on the next replacement chapter immediately.  In the relatively near future, that chain should once more be whole.

For anyone who doesn’t know the story, one of the authors in the chain left Lit, and pulled all her stories.  As the replacement chapters post, I’ll announce them here and fix the links on the ARS page.  I need to get in there and add the ones that I forgot, as well.  I somehow missed linking the last several chapters.  I think I copied the old page, and the chain wasn’t complete when I posted that.

As I’m wrapping up the writing of SOTM 18, I went ahead and posted a teaser on the forum.  If you look at the comments of Ch. 17, I also posted another brief teaser there a while back.

If I don’t finish it tomorrow — or even tonight — I’ll be surprised.  As I’ve mentioned before, I have several scenes ready to roll that I moved from this chapter to the next, too.  It doesn’t mean my muse will cooperate to finish the next one any quicker, but at least I have a jump start to make it that much more possible.

I’ll probably work on Sanctuary as soon as I finish the first draft and get at least part of Ch. 19 written.  I may put Lowborn or some Les Lumens stuff on the plate, though.  I have a couple of unfinished stories that have been sitting on the back burner for quite some time.  Once I finish either Lowborn or Jackin’ Jill, there will be a rush of weekly chapers on those.  The other is a one-shot Valentine’s story.

Off to relax for a couple of minutes.  I’ve been running or writing pretty much all day.

I’m writing the next to the last scene on SOTM 18.  Well, it’s actually the next to the next to last scene, but I skipped ahead and wrote the final scene of the chapter when this one didn’t want to flow.

Anyway, only this one and another to go.  Aiming to finish them today.

Probably would have been done sooner, but I’ve had a full plate.  Cleaned off everything else except Sanctuary, and I’m feeling the flow on SOTM now.

I have a couple more ideas ready to go on the plate, but I’m trying to avoid thinking about them so they don’t distract me.  My muse seems to get distracted by shiny things like new storylines and wants to scamper off.

I’m moving along, and hope to have it ready for editing soon.  I may go ahead and post the teaser some time today.  Once this chapter is done, I’m going to start on the next, getting down some of those scenes that I moved out of the current chapter.  That should give me a good jump start.  Once I wind down there, I’m going to take a look at Lowborn again, and see if I want to put it back on the active plate.  Sanctuary will naturally stay on the plate until finished.

Off for a nap ( Nice to be on vacation when the young one is on a tear of not wanting to go to bed at a decent hour ) and then back to writing when I get up.