Closing in on the ending

I'm on Chapter 30 of 34. Although I think there needs to be more at the end, but we'll see when I get there.

Metrics for tonight

Goal for the day: 750
Actual words written: 2704

Starting line: James showed us to a bedroom with a pair of twin beds in it; Alis fell asleep almost immediately, but I couldn’t get my mind to slow down enough to sleep.

Ending line: Rose continued to sing, and I listened, cradling my empty tea mug in my hands as the sun climbed over the horizon.

Darling: My tea had long since gone cold, and the memory of the herbs danced in the liquid on my tongue as I drank.

To bed now, so the brat cat stops howling.

Final push

I'm up. I've eaten. I have 2 1/2 bottles of Pepsi in the fridge.

It's time to finish this thing. Updates as I go along.

Starting count for today is 77680.

ETA 1: As of 4:38 pm EST, I'm on Chapter 32 and at 81286. Thanks to ammepyre and irysangel, who have been warring with me in FM, I might actually finish this damn book today. Taking a VERY brief break, and then it's back to tormenting Sapph writing the climax.

DONE!

84362 words, and I'm done!

Here is the final metrics post.

Goal for the day: 750
Actual words written: 6682

Starting line: “There,” she said finally, lowering her hands and letting her spell dissipate. “That should give us enough time to leave.”

Ending line: And then I slept.

Darling: The carpet beneath me was a dark wine color, the color of pooling blood and spilled dreams. We had joked about the carpet, David and I. Had considered putting a similar color in our house. That was before we’d known how they’d gotten that color – how many people had choked out their last breath to make it so vivid. How many final moments were woven into the threads.

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If Sapph ever speaks to me again, it will be a miracle. Seriously. adr_forte and barlidoc told me I made it too easy on her in the first book. So I fixed it.

Boy, oh boy. She's...well, ladies, I hope she never meets you in a dark alley. :-P

I'm sending this out today to my beta readers. Take your red pens to it.

Now I'm wiped. This writing stuff is hard work!