Progress Report --- A Deleted Scene

Well, I normally do not talk about my work progress in my journal, but I am pleased that after a long dry spell (not writer's block -- I have personal reasons for believing such a thing does not exist, which I will reveal if anyone asks -- but the press and tumult of travel, day job, and other affairs) I have written up version number 800. Sacrifice a chicken to Urania, the muse of SFF!

Now, this is not 800 complete drafts. I make a copy each time I sit down to a writing session, and save each...