FIrst draft of "Life Portraits" is done

Sixty-two days. 116,599 words. The first draft of the novel code named "Life Portraits" is done.

Here are some stats:

• 116,599 words


• 62 days


• average 1881 words a day


• twelve "zero" days - no writing


• 38 chapters


• 96 "scenes"


• shortest scene: 131 words


• longest scene: 4219 words

Of course, these boring stats tell you nothing about whether the novel is any good or not. I don't know - it's too soon to tell, and I am too close to it at the moment. Now I need to let it sit for awhile before reading it to see what kind of a mess it really is. But I have high hopes for it - I think it may be my best yet.