Tuesday, December 18, 2001 ( 1:28 PM ) Pravado News

I finally recovered from a week of burn out (or was that writers block?) and finished chapter 19. The novel now has 40,856 words - which thrills me because I see this as the half-way point. Escape from the Hills of Pravado is an adult mystery, and I'm aiming for about 80,000 words, give or take a few thousand. Right now I'm reading Pretend You Don't See Her, a Mary Higgins Clark novel, for inspiration. My first-time mystery novel attempt doesn't compare well to her NY Times list #1 bestseller, but I keep plodding along, gaining strength and new ideas as I go on with my work.

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