Box of Trouble:
1,797 words today so far, 75K words total. Revised structure summary finished.
Some of that word count is outlines and structure, but literal text should emerge faster now.
127 days until November 11. Possibly I can finish the manuscript by then, but probably not with enough time to spare for post-production.
Cover art, editing, beta reads, revisions, layout, marketing copy, release logistics... lot of work.
Targeting the beginning of next year gives me 51 more days. Targeting Christmas, which has obvious advantages, would give me 44 days.
Tricky. We'll see.
Gotta get my 1000 words every day without fail. I'll get faster at this with time and repetition, not slower. But right now all I can do is place one foot in front of the other, knowing I will eventually reach Samarkand, because the road is only so long.