Word count — closing in on The End

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Words: 850 (yesterday 1,375)

Music: None, unless you count the noise of the fan. Music to my ears, anyway

The project is almost finished. I estimate I am around 5,000 words from the end, maybe fewer. I will finish on schedule or as near to it as possible, and after I write the new story for the Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance, I can concentrate on  edits.

Well, concentrate on edits in between the aforementioned story, the two writers workshops (Apollocon and now Armadillocon), and the critiques I have promised friends. It’s going to be a busy summer.

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