Writing Update -- A Good Weekend

Just a quick update, I managed to draft a new short story this weekend, and made some serious progress on editing the novel.  Right now the big challenge is that it takes a while to get going -- the prologue and first four chapters introduce our main characters, and are 72 pages.  I'm trying to shrink that to two chapters and about 40 pages.  Get things moving faster, get into the action quicker.  I think it's shaping up quite nicely, and I'm pleased with the new story that's coming Friday.  It'll be a bit of a change of pace.