I’m at 15,729 words, and still enjoying the first-drafting process of discovery. It’s gone a little slowly these past two weeks due to some travel and the holiday, but I’m still feeling the energy and as soon as I post this I am diving back in.

I’ve set myself a mini-goal of getting to 20K by the end of the month. Because I am not above self-bribery as a motivational tool, I have a thematically appropriate reward for myself if I reach that goal.

Then it will be time to focus back on Mirable Chalice during December, so that I can get my second round of revisions back to my editor at the beginning of 2009. Which, as you may have noticed, is the year Fortune’s Folly will finally be out! That means I’ll be talking more about the book here, and most likely doing a couple give-aways with my remaining bound galleys (ARCs). I’m also always happy to answer questions about the book, the quest for publication, and any other related topics. So if anyone out there has a question, now would be a good time to ask it.