Probably not what I should have been working on today, but I had a character jump out and bite me, and I couldn’t resist. It helps that this is only a long-short-story or short-novella, so I don’t feel guilty, not like I would if it was another novel.

It sure felt good to write something new, instead of editing and re-editing something that’s been around for so long. And I got 2500+ words done on it today, which includes planning a bunch of the backstory. If it all works out as planned, I’m a third of the way through the story.

And, if it works out really well, Harlequin’s Spice Briefs line is looking for just this kind of story… so it’s quite sale-able… which helps me feel not quite so guilty.

As for the story I’m supposed to be editing… I wrote bunches of backstory over the last couple days on all the secondary characters, which I’m hoping will bring them to light.

I have a critique meeting on Wednesday which has extra slots at the moment, maybe I’ll bring the new story in and see what they think.