Words. They flutter around in my mind. I'm not just searching for the right word for my sentence, the one that will help my world come alive for my reader, but lots of them, 50,000 to be exact. I've passed the 40,000 word mark and I know I will make it. I had hoped to be done by tomorrow when my son comes in for a visit, but that is impossible at this point. Assuming I keep my same pace, I will hit 50,000 words early next week. What's next? The novel will not be done. I am guessing it will end up in the 70,000 word range, so I'm hoping to continue working on it with the goal of finishing a rough draft before the end of 2014. I hope I can do it!