Boy, it’s amazing how much faster things go when I finally cut the subplot that wasn’t working. I’d really been bogging down and having trouble figuring out what the story was stalling on. Thanks to my intrepid alpha readers* I spotted the problem, excised it and things seem to be clipping along.
Although I’m expecting to slow down again when I get into the last two chapters, just because it’s the end.
Meanwhile, here is Chapter 25 of The Transfigured Lady draft for those of you reading along.
Today’s research was into cussing again. Words that don’t mean what they used to: “widdle.”
*I can’t call them beta readers because the draft is so raw. They are lucky if I remember to spell check.
