ignore the person behind the curtain

who is flailing in despair.

Instead, have some reviews.

lilithsaintcrow reviews Mélusine (and thank you, ma'am, for the heads-up).

Likewise, Avid Reader.

And baleanoptera likes reading my books for many of the same reasons I like writing them.

some actual progress

The Mirador

Chapter 8: 14,084 words
Chapter 9: 6,721 words

I'm not actually as productive as this makes it look, because what was wrong with Chapter 9 is solvable partly by fixing what's wrong with Chapter 1 (done) and partly by fixing what's wrong with Chapter 10 (next up on the headsman's block).

But it's still not bad.

And that's the end of Part One.

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The work of Jessica Joslin (discovered via ursulav) is hypnotic: both gorgeous and disturbing.