The Land Of Wind And Ghosts

I signed on to LH Sunday morning and checked the trigger.

I started writing for the 90-minute flash challenge.

80 minutes and 2500 words later, I submitted the first part of a story.

By the end of the day I'd done 4700 words and my guess is that I'll need at least 6000 in total.

*sigh*

And then when that's out of the way, I need to look at my "Ghosts In The Graveyard" story and see where that's going.   Still, the good news is that getting over 5000 in a weekend is beginning to claw back the deficit in word-count terms against my target.

It shoudl be noted, by the way, there are some truly excellent stories in this week's flash challenge, including one that doesn't need so much as a word of polishing as far as I could see.   90 minutes and it's an utterly perfect piece of whimsy.   I am deeply, deeply impressed.

Anyway, crits (bar the DQ) done, and most crits on the Polish Challenge done.   Most crits back on mine in the PC, and highlighting what I suspected was going to be the problem with that story.   I suspect it isn't marketable, anyway, so I'll shelve it.   Shame - I think it has some nice writing in it - but who knows.   When I'm famous I can bring out all the storeis I like and editors didn't, and they'll all change their tune!