There's a deadline fast approaching for a certain anthology that has already rejected one story I submitted (I knew the tale in question was a long shot, but it was the only one I had that vaguely fitted the theme) and now I get a good idea, characters and setting for a story that's just perfect for it? I'm looking at the calendar and wondering Can I do it? Can I do it? I tell myself I shouldn't even try, that the anthology is probably already pretty much filled, that it'll all end in tears or a crappy, half-baked story, but then this competitive urge rises in me, and the story tells me that it'll behave, and I think Yeah, what the heck, let's go for it, and I work out in my head that if I keep it short and get down a first draft by Sunday night it's doable and ...
So I know what I'll be doing this weekend.
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