Fool's Rush In
So, I managed to finish a harpy story and get it sent off to SH before the last gasp of April 1st (which was a challenge too under the current computer circumstances).

Of course I had a flash of guilt at not getting those 2170 words on Innocent, but the thing is I just wouldn't get two grand and change on Innocent in two days (especially not more than one and a half in a single evening/night). Innocent is hard work. The two other shorts I've briefly flirted with were hard. This... well one of my darlings for The Patience of a Saint was "I stared at the screen like a cat, seeing movement and nothing more, until the centre forward was plucked up from the pitch, ripped into pieces, and those pieces scattered, bouncing, on the grass." ::grins::

Really, with any luck, if I can find something with less art in it, the next book could go a little quicker.

[and yes, that's probably after I drag myself through the last impossible challenges of Innocent]