The utilities were none too thrilled about some of the information the NRC had up, but the NRC's stand was that it was information submitted to the federal government and therefore covered under freedom of information. I'm really not all that worried about nuclear information getting out. In everything from terrorist attacks to making bombs, it's the execution that's the bitch.

Oh, I generally agree. But I think there's a huge difference between handing out "this is how we do it, with materials you can't get and bazillions of dollars you don't have" and "this is how you do it home! And here's where we hid the plutonium!"

Oh yeah, by the way, I totally failed on my NaNoWriMo again this year! Yay! Anyone top my massive 589 word count?

I changed the "Something" sentence. Because I am not writing it for me or for bitches and so must be ruthless. I cut out a bunch of things I liked more too, but as the dealers say on "The Wire", "It's all in the game." Of course people die a lot less often in my game than theirs; mine mostly kills metaphors and cute snippets of pop culture(Which since Elmore Leonard is like a god, does, in fact feel like a tremendous loss, but when I can move books like Leonard, I can be picky. Till then, I'm the judges' bitch.) Backflung, Deb. Yeah, Liese, it only took me(20 years and) three days! (What does it say about me that I quote the criminals from that show so often? A certain estrangement from the world of nine-to-five "citizens" myself, I guess, but I don't have time to ponder that right this minute. Holy Livejournal, Batman!) Victor, wow, that was beautiful.

Oh yeah, by the way, I totally failed on my NaNoWriMo again this year! Yay! Anyone top my massive 589 word count?

I got to the, "I'm definitely signing myself up for it this year to force me to try it" stage, but never actually signed up.

Cindy! I love your tag! I want to hug it, it's so frelling perfect.

Well, it required writing, right? So, not so far ot.

Victor, wow, that was beautiful.

Thanks, all. I should have the final version soon.

Ack! This used to be the one thread I could keep up in faithfully, but everyone's been so productive! I have to go back and do a lot of reading, I see. But in good news, I finally finished my book -- only eight weeks late! (I will never, ever again agree to anything less than a six-month deadline, especially with a very active, now-walking, into-everything baby in the house.) And we pushed back the next project two months, giving me till April 1, which is a huge, huge relief.

Request (kind of a lame one, but just an FYI for me, I guess): Would anyone like to beta it? No line-editing required, just a basic read-through with reactions, good, bad, and in-between.The first 300 pages are actually already with the copyeditor, and my editor didn't want revisions on that, but I would love some general reactions. I have to polish up the last 80ish pages, but I could send it to anyone who wants to read it on Monday. And feedback could come anytime -- Tuesday or next spring. No rush at all.

It's a romance/mystery, kind of in the Crusie vein -- there's humor (or at least there's supposed to be) and there's a couple doing their romance thing, which gets interrupted/complicated by a dead body. There are also fairly graphic sex scenes -- more fully described than some romances. Anyone who reads NC17 fanfic wouldn't be shocked.

Okay, if the baby naps, I'm going to try and read and comment on some of the stuff in here this afternoon. And I finally have a "First Impressions" drabble brewing.

Edited because I was unclear.

erika, two versions backsent. Your word count is fine; you were counting all the comments, as well. I did a secondary copy (which I've sent) which is nothing but the story, and it comes in at 2,373 words.

Amy, I can do my best, but if you need it by Monday, I'm out; I'm blocked out solid, including a black tie dinner at Nic's company tomorrow night and an all-day literary festival on Sunday.

Amy, I really wish I could, but I'm already way behind on a promised critique or so, plus I need to really push myself to meet my self-imposed 12/31 deadline on the Lucy edit. Next time?