So. As of now, I have one fewer short story than I thought. I pulled it up to play with while I was poking at Word 365, and…my 9.5K word short story turned into a 35K word first draft novel. Working title is Light Up The Night.

With that, I’ve written three full, first draft novels so far this year. And the year isn’t over yet. And I’m getting tackled by short stories, and other pieces that I’m not sure yet what they’re going to do.

The kids finished the school year as of the 22nd of last month, so I’ve got them underfoot (and elbow) until the middle of August (barring about ten days of fun off with Grandma). Not particularly conducive to first draft writing, but fine for editing/revising. And I’ll be doing plenty of that on the novels I’ve got first-draft finished. NO more short story editing. Not right now. I do not need another surprise novel jumping me. I’ve sort of had enough of those.

Today, I’ve got work other than writing to be doing: my beloved other half has an appointment for which he’s being drugged silly, and to which I need to take him. Nothing big, just some dental work.

Which means I’m going to need to ask the kids to pick up the slack on the housework, while I’m taking care of their dad. They’re capable of it, capable of far more than they really want to admit. And that’s okay–they’re teenagers.

Right now, CPA is up for preorder–I posted the first sample chapter last week. I’m working on revising Dogfather. Next on the list will be Meals on Wheels, then Light up the Night, along with whatever other short stores (or longer pieces) jump me in the meantime.

I’ll be posting another sample chapter sometime probably next week. Cheers!