50,210!

that's it then. i finished. i won. i'm done. i wrote the last words this morning, after an almost completely sleepless night. i don't know why i couldn't sleep. yes i was thinking about the end of this thing and wondering what i will do to fill the time now that it's over. probably what i will do with the time is sleep, because i've been getting up between 3:30 and 4:30 in the morning to write every weekday this month. tomorrow - wow! - i can sleep until 6:30!

yeah. now what?

i'm pleased that i was able to bring the story to a questionably logical conclusion. and of course i left it open for the possibility of a sequel. i actually have plenty of time to write more before the deadline of midnight of november 30. i have three days. there are doubtlessly gaping holes here and there. there was that instance about halfway through when i felt stuck and decided to leap my story forward in time and basically start anew; that could use a smattering of revision. but i'm not proud; i don't feel the need to fix everything or write thousands more words just because i have three more days. i could; don't get me wrong. oh, i could. but i made it to the goal of 50,000 words, the story is complete enough for its purposes, and i am done.

maybe later i'll revise it some. i'm not saying no. but i think at the moment i'm needing a break from it.

anyone wanna read the thing? shout out and we'll talk about it. note, of course, that it isn't pretty. far from it. also note, again, that i'm not proud.