No, we were looking for feedback by now so we could use this week for final edits and submit this Friday. (Not that we have to send it out then either, but my writing partner is very deadline-conscious, even for the self-imposed kind. I'm just the opposite, and would push and push the deadline until I'd agonized over each word and phrase 100 times.)

Right now he's rewriting my last rewrite (which will include some changes based on your comments, Amy), and I expect we'll be volleying back and forth until the end. Our collaboration has gone way better than I expected, though we're having a little trouble consensing on the ending. (Spoilerfonted not to ruin it for the betas): I want it to end on a down tempo with the protagonist in despair, and he's pushing to end it more upbeat with the protagonist reflecting a sense of hope.

I'm pretty psyched about the work in general and comments from other people we've shown have been uniformly positive so that's good.

Well, for what it's worth, I absolutely see it ending as you envision it, Wolfram.

I think Tim has ruined story-telling for me, because I'm finding the pain far more interesting than the happy.

I apologize for taking so long, Wolfram. I wanted to print the story out for reading and note taking, but my printer's been acting like a prima donna lately. I've had to send the story off to my dad, so he could print it out. Is tommorow too late to get back to you?

No, Sail, comments would be more helpful as soon before Friday as possible, but even after Friday I'm really interested in feedback both for future submissions of this story and in general to help improve my writing. Thanks for asking and for volunteering your time.

I WILL HAVE BOUND PROOFS OF THE BOOK SOMETIME NEXT WEEK!!

yay!

Yay, Jilli!

Congrats!

Wolfram, insent.