9,998

i'm two words shy of ten thousand! i'll reach the 1/5 mark today; of that i have little doubt. i'll write for about two hours and then i'll go to work.

it feels like so long since i've done my job, because of this jury duty business, but it's only been a week. i hope i remember how to do it.

oh, and here's a picture of the gun lynne almost shot willem with on page 4. (ancient history; i'm on page 27 now.) it's a 9-mm makarov. pretty, huh? we'll see that gun later on, one way or another.

i'm a bit ahead of the game, word-wise. i'm doing fine. still, i'm feeling under the gun (if you will; i wouldn't) to get my daily quota in. story-wise, i'm not vouching for it.

i did learn yesterday that in march there'll apparently be a whirlwind month-long editing session for the tripe i'm writing now; that might be worth looking into. for right now, though, i gotta get crackin'.