4,570 / 4,570 (100.0%)

Draft 2 of "Star Anise, Paprika, Nutmeg, Rosemary" is done. One more prod, tomorrow or Monday, before I seek out some feedback.

Either this is one of the best stories I've written. Or it's going to fall flat on its face in the mud of fail.

I think this means I'm working my way up a skill level. It certainly feels like it. This story is probably more layered than anything else I've written so far (whether the layers work is an entirely different matter, of course). It was bloody hard, because I knew what I wanted it to do but wasn't sure how to do that. I really, really hoped it worked.

I'm only going to get better by being ambitious, and pushing, and inevitably messing up at some point, and learning from it.

But I hope this one worked. I like it a lot.

Tags: sa-p-n-r