Onwards and Upwards -- and NaNoBruMo

60,000 is the new 50,000. And I'm about 7,500 words from getting to that goal. And if that works? 75,000. I'm taking it one scene at a time, one character's chatter at a time. It's great to get past 50k before the end of the month, and even better than the book is expanding organically, not linearly, to move towards completion. I feel good that this novel can write its own ending, and it'll be a very neat story indeed.

Part of the jumpstart for this is NaNoBruMo: National Novel Brunch Morning. This is the 4th or 5th year I've been doing it: a six hour write-a-thon at my house, brunch served, powerful Turkish coffee on tap, and chimes, so the faithful completing a thousand words and ring out their new word count. By my count, today Penguins put in at least 27,000 words. One participant added over 4,000 to her total. I was a wimp: only about 2,400 to my credit. Then again, I was the one slaving over the hot stove, taking breakfast orders like a short order cook (which I don't resent, merely bring up for discussion.

Anyway, a great time was had by all, and I'm grateful again to my Municipal Liaison and my fellow writers for a lot of fun being had in the name of writing.