Nearly done with the draft, but it needs one more day of work ( plus the cliffhanger ending). Most of the writing time today went towards editing the whirlwind that was the last 35 pages. For being written so fast, I expected severe carnage. Instead, I uncovered only minor glitches like awkward phrasings and dropped words. A miracle really, because quality control and volume are inversely related. The faster something is written, the more glitches riddle the passages. Years from now I hope that’s a memory, and I’ll write at a faster clip.

And no, the count meter is not broken. Since the new material offset cuts, the net effect is a zero gain in word count today.

Tanqueray is calling my name. I just can’t answer yet…