100,000 words, baby!

100,001 to be precise. This feels like a significant milestone in the progress of my novel, even though it doesn’t really have anything to do with it being finished. But in my mind, it must be getting close. I’m filling in lots of fiddly little scenes, rounding off minor characters, and putting context around conversations. Doesn’t sound like hard work, but it is. When thousands of words were pouring out of me at the beginning of this process, I never dreamed it would be so hard. Perhaps last year’s New Year’s Resolution will be fulfilled this year (i.e. finishing said novel) and I won’t feel guilty all the time for not working on it all night, every night. And just maybe, a publisher somewhere might like it, and I might finally be able to call myself an author. But for now, I just need to finish it. It feels like I could do endless revisions, but I know at some point I will have to stop. Hopefully that point comes around sooner rather than later!