Pop That Champagne!

Hallelujah, it’s raining completed manuscripts. We beat our deadline for getting both Science Sequels done by the end of May! With a day to spare, and only a tiny bit of fudging. Kent even had time to mow the lawn. (Hey, we all celebrate in our own ways.)

Seriously, though. There was celebrating, for real. Instead of champagne, we had milkshakes spiked with vodka. Far more appropriate, as our beta readers know. The rest of you will need to wait a bit to find out why.

We’re both very happy with how these first drafts have come together. Jen is even able to admit that the word counts are acceptable. Now it’s time to let them rest for a while and apply ourselves to a different project. It’s vital to get ourselves prepped to see things clearly when we return to do revisions, and working on an unrelated story is something we’ve found to be unbeatable for flushing the residue out of the ol’ mental RAM circuits.

Having a writing partner sometimes turns “we did it!” into date-night. Which is sorta nice.