urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire The Journal of Seanan McGuire Seanan McGuire 2012-08-03T04:18:02Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:seanan_mcguire:458015 2012-08-03T04:18:02Z 2012-08-03T04:18:02Z Wicked Girls, "Cartography." Words: 2,762.<br />Total words: 50,050.<br />Reason for stopping: it's time for bed.<br />The cats: all three, on the bed.<br />Music: random shuffle.<br /><br />I have this horrible suspicion that I'm like, 500 words from the end of the chapter, and if I just soldiered through, I'd be able to wrap chapter twelve up tonight. But that way lies madness. If I forced myself through 500 words without reaching the end, I'd try for another 500, and then it's two in the morning and I still have to be up at five for work. So I close the file for now, content in the knowledge that I broke 50,000 words tonight.<br /><br />Oh, right: I BROKE 50,000 WORDS!!!!!<br /><br />This is one of the big milestones, the point where there's enough written that abandoning the book is no longer an option; for right or for wrong, this is your foundation, now cope. I figure this book is going to be in the 109,000 to 116,000 word range, which is about average for a Toby book these days. So this is no longer the magical halfway point that it once was, but it's still a pretty big deal, and I should be able to get through another 10,000 words by the end of the weekend.<br /><br />Progress!