Six weeks ago I had the best writing week in several years: 8,427 words.

This week was not so impressive. But it was close.

September 12 - 1,031 words
September 13 - 1,247 words Cha 12
September 13 - 413 words Cha 13
September 14 - 1,216 words
September 15 - 1,929 words
September 17 - 658 words Cha 14
September 17 - 491 words Cha 13
Septmeber 18 - 923 words Cha 13

Total: 7,908 words

The smart shoppers will notice that it looks like I wrote something out of order. Again.

Sort of technically, I did, but that wasn't the intent. I ended (or thought I ended) Chapter 13 on the 15th. When I started writing again on the 17th, I started with Chapter 14 and wrote about 1,000 words or so.

What I wrote wasn't what I'd planned to write at all. I'd planned to tell Tsorin's story of how he got together with his lover and why they can't be lovers anymore. Instead, I started with a memory of Bastian's, about his mentor, Kaynin. It just came out and as I frequently do, I just let it go, curious to see what I was talking about.

After sitting back and reading through it a few times, I decided that about half of what I'd written on the 17th didn't really fit where I'd put it. I considered taking it out completely, but it was really good stuff and explains a few things that I hadn't gotten around to talking about yet.

Snip. Paste.

Except it didn't really go on the end of Chapter 13, either. Not as Chapter 13 currently ended. So I had to make a bit of filler to patch the original ending onto the new ending.

I'm happy with the results, though, so that's ok.

On the other hand, I haven't yet gotten around to telling Tsorin's story. Which isn't necessarily bad, since I've got that mostly headworked and I should be able to write it some time this week.

I hope. Maybe.

I'm going on vacation on Thursday (thank you god) and we'll be gone for the rest of the week, so I may or may not get anything done.