Today’s word count: 2,768
Total word count: 17,713
Daily average: 1,771
Projected total: 53,139
Wow. Didn’t even realize I’d written that much today. Chapter 1 is down, and it ended with a big reveal, namely that I finally did break down and start making an alien conlang. Yep, the not-really-bad guys now have names that aren’t necessarily pronounceable by human mouths. Oh, and I got some good technobabble in, too!