End of Week: Pretty Much More of the Same Edition

I'm feeling a bit under the weather after undergoing surgery yesterday and trying to cope with the changes caused by it (and also after spending far too much time editing today), so I'll be brief(er) in this post.

Hot Pressed

This story is now clocking in at about 20,000 words, with the middle section almost completed. The ending is up next, and although I more or less know what needs to happen there, there are a few interstitial scenes I haven't worked out yet. Chalk up one more thing to the task list.

It's a toss up right now whether I'll sit down and try to think through the final scenes or if I'll just wing it. I should probably put more thought behind this, especially since the last part is likely to be another 10,000 words. My original plan for the ending got kind of thrown out the window once I decided there's less non consensual stuff that's going to happen to the MC. Oh well, the way it's going now makes for a stronger story.

Robotic Restitution

As promised, I did manage to get through another chapter this weekend, though it took me about five hours today to get it done (that's the problem with not getting a little bit done each day, the work piles up at the end of the week). Boo procrastination!

Unfortunately, I checked out the next chapter, and it's even longer than the one I just finished! I suppose I had better get a move on, I don't want to spend seven hours in one sitting trying to get just one chapter edited!

This does put me at about half way on the first editing pass. No time to celebrate, of course, there's so much more to go, but now I'm starting to get concerned that I still don't have a firm idea on how I'm going to handle the book covers. It seems likely now that my best bet is to take some photos myself, but finding the appropriate arrangement is difficult.

I was able to locate some purple orchids at the local home improvement center. They aren't exactly what I need (blue orchids would have been better to match what I'm using in the story), but they'll have to do. Will probably use a photo editing tool to make them the color needed, though that feels a bit like cheating. Whatever works!

However, this means I need to take photos as soon as possible before the blooms die out. I don't want to have to wait half a year for the plant to bloom again (if it even does, which is not guaranteed - I don't know how confident I am in my ability to keep the plant alive). Perhaps that's a job for tomorrow. Too much speculation and uncertainty around all this for my taste.