Oops. I forgot to write at the end of March with an update about my novel. That's because I'm focused on finishing it. At the start of March I guessed that by the end of the month I'd be finished with Part 2 and working on Part 3. I actually finished Part 2 on March 16 and as of today I am one chapter away from finishing the entire novel. I am currently at word 146,360 and am on page 471. That means that in the last 35 days I've written 161 pages.
Damn.
I really want the novel to be under 450 pages, though, and I'm hoping to actually get it under 425. So I have some more cutting to do. As things have turned out, though, a couple of plot points that I thought I would use in Part 3 became unnecessary. As such, a lot of the setup that I had done along the way can now be cut out. That should eliminate maybe 5 pages. But that still leaves another 15 or so (and preferably 40 or so) that I need to cut. That might be really, really hard.
Anyway, I'm getting back to writing now. If I don't finish today, I should finish tomorrow. Then I'll start the very serious work of editing, and after that I'll work on getting the thing published.
Which I have NO idea how to do.
