The ticker you see here ^

is to help motivate me to write.  I'll try anything since I've been a major slacker.  In fact, this ticker and blog post are nothing but procrastination.  Oh well.

As you can see above, my goal for complete manuscript #2 is 80,000 words (which would translate to roughly 280-320 pages in novel form, depending on the format).

I am not close.  However, I am hoping that public accountability will help.  We shall see.