45k and flying...

It's almost like taking candy from a baby. I've got more blather, in a fuzzy, wonky-headed way, than there are words left to go. And the words, as much as I feel I'm aspirating more than actually talking or singing: I've got legs for this novel, and I know that what I have is not what I need to sell it, but it is enough to gel it, to get the pieces together so I can tighten it up and turn it into a nice 70-80k novella or tight little novel.

The action is specific, and the scenes are funny. It needs about 15x tightening up, but, as I wrap up the 50k target word count, I see that I still have a lot of fluff and even more editing work, but a fun little novel.

Cool.