Gauntlet Story 2 — first draft complete!

It's 2 a.m., one of my favorite writing times (surpassed only by 4 a.m.). Houston sleeps sonorously next to me, and I've just finished the first draft of "Mertrude, Please," which may or may not end up with that title once I revise it. It's about 2,500 words, which is a tad shorter than I'd anticipated, but that's okay by me. It's also not as farcical as I'd originally thought it would be, although it has its slapstick moments, I suppose. I like writing farce, but it's not what my subconscious is leading me to at this exact moment in my life. I guess I'll go with that, as my subconscious has often been right before. (Example: Houston has read my NaNo opus, which was produced using something akin to automatic writing, and says he likes it better than my took-forever, been-revised-dozens-of-times first novel, The Associates.)

Gauntlet status: two stories drafted, third one begun, one week to go. Don't know if I'll get the third one written and all three polished for sendout, but, as I said before, I'm going to give it a red-hot go.