Never plan to have a stomach flu when preparing for December 1 deadlines. Virtually no one knows this site is ready. But I did have a draft of 2013’s story all ready. My wife took a run at it and I realized from her feedback that the whole opening isn’t working. It makes the connection between the two characters rushed, which is no fun. The short story format pushes you to keep the story to a sensible size.

But back to the editing phase.