40k! 40k! 40k!

This is altogether too exciting.

Current word count: 40,804.

Anyway, over the last three days I’ve forgotten to post because of one thing or another. I’ve been writing a bit less because I can slow down my pace a little bit, but am still making over 1000 words over where I should be nearly every day, just in case there’s a day where I really have too much to do in the next week.

So, news in the novel:
-They have finished the bake sale.
-Inge and Anabelle are still on shaky terms.
-Anabelle is prepping Coraline to write the essay, and figuring out who she wants on her team.

I’m still trying to figure out why Maureen is on the team. She has no magical talent… so what’s her special skill that would be of immense use in a magical showdown? Ability to neutralize magic would be too deus ex machina, and it would also take the character in the wrong direction–I want her to have nothing magical about her. Hm. I’ll have to think fast. Or, alternatively, draw the novel out long enough that I don’t have to figure it out until after I hit 50k and can write at my leisure.