The first sentence I wrote today…

The results? Death, destruction, misery on a grand scale.

Words today: 2,964
Total words: 102,318
Percentage complete (100,000/120,000): 102.3/85.3.

I think I’ve solved my problem of yesterday and, indeed, reached the climax–or at least the start of the climax (and an explosive one it is, too–literally) today. I have also, as you’ll note, achieved my contractually specified word count of 100,000. I sense everything should wrap up within another 7,000 or 8,000 words, so 110,000 is looking likely for the word count when I finally type THE END.

Almost there…

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