Steady As You Go

I completed the second draft of Tales of the Republicon Sunday—afull week pastthe crazy insane Jan 15 deadline I set. So it took longer than expected, but I got it done. And I would have blogged about it sooner, but writing and freelance work and life (and trying not to mold my ass too firmly tothis chair) has kept me busy.

What’s amazing about setting a crazy deadline is that I wasforced to adjust myprocess to fit the deadline, rather than the other way around. Instead of asking, “how long...