Done good, played strong

Finally feel like I'm getting back into the 'novel zone' - 1,500 words completed today and 11 pages of Commune written so far. I don't feel any urgency with it as I did with Loaded. I think because the synopsis I have in my head points to something around the 150,000 word mark, my mind is easing itself into a Cliff Young shuffle rather than a sprint or even a jog.

'Other Intelligent Life' is still in the first round at Andromeda (which has gone on hiatus so its slushies can catch up). I say now that I will be exceptionally peeved if it doesn't at least get to the second round. It's a better story than a first-round rejection.