It’s been three days! Oh, no!

Papillon is at 65,000 words. I’m about a thousand behind. Last weekend was crappy for writing, and it looks like tomorrow I’ll have some extra school botheration that may slow me down. I should at least make quota, though I won’t close the gap any.
65,000! Wow! I’ve got the rest of the novel plotted out. I even have three more chapter titles for you.

VI. Justice
VII. Arabia in Perfumed Splendor
VIII. The Reign of Vermin

And then there will be two more chapters, and then the end!
I came across this quote of Herodotus the other day:
“Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.”
And I thought, damn, that’s just what happened with my last novel. And I realized that I was slacking on my current novel, and resolved to exert more vigorous efforts than ever before!

I plan on expanding the chapter “Wondrous Light and Color” by at least 5,000 more words. Then I can’t imagine writing “Reign of Vermin” and the final chapters in less than 40,000, which means that my novel might come out at around 120,000, which is 20,000 more than I originally intended. I intend on eliminating the easy and stupid jokes on the rewrite, so that should trim out 15,000 easily.

Enough about that! What else is going on? Well, I’m thinking of becoming a fan of They Might Be Giants. Opinions?

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