125,679

In my head, it’s really 125,681.  I didn’t bother typing the last two in the file, so here they are:

THE END.

One to go

I have one more chapter to go, and the first draft is finished.  By this time tomorrow, I’ll be getting a disk ready for Staples.  After that, posting will pick up a little bit.

Stuttering and stammering toward the finish line

I’m currently just over 112,000 words, which is good and bad.  It’s good in the sense that I’m over 112,000 words and I’m getting close to the finish.  It’s bad in the sense that I was just over 110,000 words on December 30, 2008 — it’s taken me a week to get out 2,000 words.

The pace is definitely slower than I would like — I’m hoping to be done with the first draft by this time next week, and I expect it to take another 8,000 words (or possibly a little more).  That being said, what I have written is shaping up nicely — the secrets are coming out and the final (political) conflict is shaping up nicely.  I think it’ll be an exciting ending, and I expect it to be worth the time and effort.

How’s everyone else doing?