50112!!!
I cleared the 50K today, and may even finish the novel tonight. Apparently one of the reasons I revise is to grow novels to an appropriate length… Anyway, whew.
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progress…
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Woohoo! Send it to me when you’re done! {{{hugs}}}
Yay!!! Great job, Val!!!
YAY!!!
Congratulations!
Go VAL!!! Yay, that’s great!
Congratulations! Good job. And I think it’s especially neat that you tried something new.
Thanks, gals! I’m pretty happy with it altogether. Happy that its done and can go hibernate under the stack for a year or two…