Word count was on the low side of normal last week, 2206 words for a total of 58323. I’ve been aiming for roughly 75,000 words, and let me tell you that’s a lot of words for a slow writer like me. But as I sketch out the last scenes I’ve come to realize that the book may stretch out longer than expected, to maybe 90,000 words. So I’m going to adjust the writing bar to that longer word count and accept that this thing is going to run on for a while more.

The sad part is that it may still come down to 75,000 words in the end, since there are sub-plots and scenes that I may cut or throw out entirely. But as I said to some friends last week, I have to write the words down before I can throw them out. That’s just the way it is. For now, instead of being 78% done, I’m back to 64% done. Where this will truly end, who can say? Not I. Not this week, at least.