Day	What	How Much	Pen	Ink
1 April 2 April 3 April 4 April	Second Draft of “Tiger on my Back”. First draft of “Doting Mother Cradles Her Wayward Child” Third draft of “Curse of the Dragon”	2532 words and ready for eyes other than mine. 3 manuscript pages, and also done. 1201 typed words.	Parker 65 Pelikan M600 Waterman Number Seven Sheaffer Targa	Diamine Bilberry Lamy black Jentle blue-black Herbin Poussière de Lune

Wait, third draft? Yeah. I was on the verge of poking “Curse” at some readers when I had an uncomfortable vision of the much better story it could be, once I almost completely re-wrote it. Sigh. What makes this problematic is that the first place I’d like to send it when it’s ready closes submissions in eleven days. This is going to call from some hard graft on my part, and I may have to submit it without the usual safety net of another reader or two point out glaring stupidities.

Uncomfortable thought. You see all the glaring tyops and and double words that show up in this ongoing document; that’s fine (more or less), because I don’t expect anyone to pay me for this stuff. Something I hope to get paid professional rates (cue harp glissando) for should be, if not polished, at least without sharp corners for editors to tear their imaginations on.

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