And yes, I'm there! 25,525 words, to be exact (assuming you trust Microsoft Word's word count tool). Given that I started this weekend shy of the 20,000 mark, I'm proud of the progress.

And it is terrible stuff, but it was interesting to realize that I'm halfway to the finishing goal and the plot itself (which is REALLY a rough guideline) isn't even at the halfway point. (Although I filled the early stuff with lots of character background and scenic fluff!)

So, that makes me happy. My favorite scene so far is really random and involves a meditation on the flavor combination of lemons and parsley. (Shortly thereafter one character has a totally spontaneously-written flashback about being raped against a lemon tree seventeen years ago. Just to give an idea of the rather haphazard way this novel is being written.)

Hope all of you are having a splendid November.

P.S. Don't worry, I backed it all up today in three places.

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