It's Done.

You see that title?

You know what it MEANS?

It means the first draft of the Halloween story is done.

I know, right? I didn't even expect to finish it this quickly. But I did find myself, like, two days ago, sitting down and writing for something like THREE solid hours. That was good. (Also my back didn't seem to like it? I dunno.)

But anyway! I have to say, lots of stuff happened in this book that I didn't expect to. The whole thing went suddenly all FANTASY at the end there. So it's something like a horror-drama-fantasy hybrid now. CRAZY.

As this was unexpected, I'm gonna have to go back and make a few changes. Make it fit in a little more. I don't even know if it's GOOD or not, being the way it is. But, I'll go with it anyway, because that's the way the story seems to want to end.

So now, the editing BEGINS. (Something I should really do more often, actually. I don't think I've edited any of the previous things I've written. Which is BAD — ALWAYS go back and read through your work, they say. I say okay.)

So there we have it. 17,597 words for Halloween. That's almost DOUBLE last year's one.

And so I guess I'll leave you with it's title, and then I'll get on with editing it.

The Distant Winds.