The San Antonio Writers' Guild held another 5-hour write-in last Saturday and it, once again, offered me valuable time in a focused atmosphere to work further on 'Rain of a Southern Son'.

The turn-out was somewhere in the neighborhood of twenty writers (and one editor who joked he had knocked out in excess of 100k words when our moderator asked for participants to share their progress).

Personally, I was proud not to have paid attention to my beginning word count. Having dove in to the writing without that having been a concern indicated to me that my mind is in the right place. During the last two write-ins, I regularly checked my word count. And, looking back, I realize that I won't be keeping much if any of the words I produced those days. I am certain I will be keeping all of the words I produced on Saturday. They may be modified somewhat or moved about, but the will be utilized.

I have been considering holding write-ins either at my home or at a neutral location. We just got wood floors in a room that had for months gone unfinished, so we now have two formal places with access to outlets. A half bath is centrally located and the kitchen is right around the corner.

I'll probably wait for the Tuesday Night Critique meeting and make a decision about hosting a private write-in based on that experience.