The Unkindness of Ravens

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Words yesterday: 421 words on The Unkindness of Ravens, formerly known as Battlefield Crows
Total words: 2,862
Reason for length: Really needed to get working on getting critiques in to Critters to try and get an MPC (basically, a coupon that lets me skip waiting in line for my story to be critiqued).
Overused word: corpses
Gratuitous phrase: putrefaction and rot
Type of scene: He figures out that the priests are coming, and they'll find his hiding place under a pile of corpses.
Challenge(s): Integrating worldbuilding background and some things that will be important later without losing the urgency of the moment.
Which line is it anyways? He could have wept from frustration, but he feared what fresh hell tears might bring.
Notes: I'm writing this story to (hopefully) enter in an anthology containing fantasy stories themed to religion and war in a medieaval setting. Unfortunately, that deadline is coming up really soon, so I'm going to pound it out and get it through Critters if I have the time before it has to be sent. This is also the first high fantasy story I've ever written. Ever. But I had a good idea for one over at penthius, and it seemed to fit well with the anthology guidelines. Now all I have to do is keep it from turning into a novel. Well, that and get a seven to twelve thousand word story written and reasonably polished in a couple of weeks.
Other writingy stuff: Critiqued and sent critiques of six short stories that had varying values for the qualities "Competent" and "Good."
Other creative stuff: Shot four rolls of film doing a two-hour Christmas photoshoot.