10% Longer

Made it to 55,000 at the weekend. I'm glad my plot is not going to plan, this is a far more interesting and natural progression. I may make it to 65K before collapsing and then I'm sure I can come up with another 5K through revision. 70,000 is the magic number, 4/5 of the way there!

Lacuna

...and I saw Angels shooting up on Orichalcum in alleyways...

Barista

Now will I regret doing this more than not doing this?

There is a brunette Barista in the Starbucks on Charing Cross, Glasgow, she looks a lot like a healthier PJ Harvey. If you happen to pass by and see her in there, ask her if she'll change her rules on dating customers then point her in my direction.

50,000 Reasons

Finally reached 50,000 words last night, this feels like a significant achievement for me. Its the level the write-a-book-in-a-month people have as their cut-off and I think it is the length typically assigned to the 'novella'. My next aim is for 60,000, but I am beginning to fear either the story or my writing style won't carry me that far.

Completion Pts 1 and 2

The holiday finally brought me round to reading through Enoch's Vault and making some changes. These are all done and essentially that is now finished. Except it still only clocked in at about 45,000 words. So hopefully Part 3 will conclude the story more satisfyingly while exploring a bit more of the ideas planted in the first two parts.