Time to fall over.

With Fate Conspire is revised and off to L'Editor.

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Length of final draft: 157,000 words

Length of kill-file, containing material longer than a sentence or two cut during the process: 57,000 words

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Dear Whichever God Rules Over Novelists,

What do I have to sacrifice to you in order to guarantee that my next novel will not require me to write thirty-six percent more material than I actually use? Lemme know, and I'll get right on that.


Your obt. servt.,
A Very Tired Writer