Finally, today, I wrote over 1,000 words. I’m at 17,548 words, which feels pretty good this far into the process of writing a novel. I still have an aching fear in the back of my mind that says I won’t be able to get the novel over 70,000 words (more like over 40,000–the size of my first inspirational historical romance novella, but that isn’t something I want to admit to myself), it isn’t something I need to worry about right now. As it is, word by word, I’m moving along closer to the goal of having 90,000 words and a full blown novel.