I'm writing as fast as I can...!

I have a manuscript due on Friday. It's not quiiite finished yet. Yes, I'm writing as fast as I can.

I got behind in my writing schedule for this manuscript, in part because of my fast trip to California (although I did get a fair bit written during travel time, thanks to my AlphaSmart) and in part because I had other demands on my time after I got home.

However I haven't missed a deadline yet, and I don't intend to do so now. As I post this, I have half a chapter left to write, as well as a short epilogue, and I'll be finished. Thankfully my first drafts are generally clean and require very little rewriting (the advantage of working off a detailed chapter outline). Therefore I'm confident that I'll be able to turn this manuscript in no later than Friday morning, right on deadline.

And then maybe I'll take the opportunity to sleep later than 3 am without getting up early to write.....