29,050 / 75,000 (38.7%)

I had to try one of these word count meters, just once.

And good gawd, these things are depressing. Though I guess if I've written 38% of the novel in 1/3rd of the 90 day deadline I had, I'm still on track, right?

My pacing on my latest WIP is starting to feel distinctly lumpy, which is a surefire sign that I need to go stick my nose into a book. Whenever I start to feel like my story is getting uneven or like I'm losing perspective, I can usually cure it by immersing myself in one or two really good novels in the same genre or age range.

I wonder if that means that the IRS would let me write those novels off as business expenses?