I sent out "The Unattainable" to two beta readers, and received great feedback from one already. Although I'm still cringing over all the spelling/grammatical mistakes and clunky word and sentence choices (because there's always more than I think there'll be), there was confirmation that such things as "plot" and "character" are working (although there are improvements to be made, naturally). I feel much better about the story now. I'm still not happy with the length, but it is what it is. I'm just not an under-4k story writer.

Once I sent it out next Monday, I'm going to clean up and get the edited, final version of "At the Edge of Ellensburg" ready to send off to a "best of" erotica anthology. Then I'm starting in on my outlines for both the Tacoma Steampunk novellas and the novel The Cemetery Queen. Those two projects will take up the first half of 2007, so I need the outlines finished by the end of December.

I know, I know. This is all so very boring. Sorry about that.

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