Is it strange to count the progress on my novel in 5,000-word increments? Maybe, but I’m doing it anyway.
As of tonight, MARE NUBIUM is a little over 40,000 words long — which, as my writing friend Eric James Stone pointed out on his blog, is the length criterion for status as a “novel.” However, since there’s also the story criterion — i.e., a story that’s complete and hopefully coherent — I’m not there yet.
But it feels good to be making progress!
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