It occurs to me that I haven’t posted my manuscript update in a few days. As of the end of yesterday’s session, the total word count stood at 41,837. Various words were added afterwards in different places as I did a general read-through, and I didn’t do a final check on the word total; I figured they could support today’s word count instead. (Nothing like doing a word count before you start writing and realise that you’re already ahead of your last recorded total! It’s terribly encouraging.)