That'll teach me...

...to read submission guidelines before I finish a story. I was nine-tenths the way through the final sex scene on Sticky Wicket and thought I would check the word count to make sure I was still on track. Imagine my horror to find the limit was 3,500 and not the 5,000 I've been working my way towards! I promptly lost all interest in the sex and hurtled off to try to chop 1,500 words out of the story to give myself enough room to finish it. I'm not sure I've managed it yet and in the meantime the inspiration has wandered off again. Memo to self: next time, write the damn story first, then worry about length. ::rolls eyes::