Weekly Report #030

Okay, I am really, really bad at doing reports on Sunday. The mornings tend to be way too busy, and by evening I've got a hundred other things on my mind. Maybe I can try Saturday evenings instead? Or would Monday morning be better? Gonna have to mull that over.

Anyway, I'd grade last week as 'mediocre' on the whole. I lost a day or two to family matters (that's gonna be a theme for awhile. Mostly the next two weeks and then the tail end of December, I think. Hence why November and December are being rolled into one mega-month.) but was still able to get a decent amount accomplished. All of the pending edits in the Artemis story were completed (They came out the other end just shy of 5K words) and I managed about 2K in fresh writing split between Artemis and the Locker Room story (which is looking increasingly like it's going to fall into that weird middle ground between a short and a full story.)

For the Artemis Story, I'd estimate I've got something like 3K of writing/5K of revisions to go. Normally that'd be about a week's work but between how stubborn that last scene is proving and the distraction of holiday/family stuff I'm not confident I'll have it out next weekend. I'll be trying, but realistically I think it's two off unless I hit a sudden burst of inspiration.

As to the locker room short, I'd estimate there's a few thousand words to write and I haven't started revisions yet. Once the time comes, I mean to try out a new method for revisions which will lead to one of two results. Either the time required gets cut down dramatically with a minimal dropoff in quality and I become very happy, or I wind up entirely unsatisfied with the result and make myself start again. (This is why I want to try a shorter story first.)

Regardless, for the time being, Artemis is my priority. I can see the finish line, and I want to get there as fast as possible without compromising the quality of the climactic scene. Once I do manage to wrap it up, I'll assess where I'm at and decide my next steps. Until then, it's nose to the grindstone time.