2410 words! You show off! I forgot that it was the 1st and just started at noon. Ack! I'm behind schedule. Oh well such is life. Johne Cook <johne.cook at gmail.com> wrote: http://phywriter.com/archives/2004/11/01/chapter-one-enter-alacrity/ I've started, reaching 2410 words already today. It's sappy, it's pulpy, it's probably just so much dreck, but hey, it's hot off the presses and it's mine. The goal for today was to start the novel and start to introduce some of the main characters. Keep in mind also that 50k words is a metric ton of words and I wanted to embellish while I can - if I do edit this, I'm sure I'll end up with a fraction of what's currently here. At this stage of the game, I'm just throwing whatever I can up against the wall to see what will stick - I can edit it down later. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com/a