It is quite possible that the novel will be complete today, after nine months, many late nights and much ups and downs it is drawing to a close. It was going to go another few chapters, but as I wrote so heavily in the last week or so, I could feel it didn’t need it.
As it stands, 89,000 words, and I would think by the close it may get to 100k if I am lucky. Just deciding which ending I go with; the unknown daughter arriving on his doorstep looking a th spitting image of his ex-and very dead lover; or return to where it all started, a drunken converstion at a dinner party where people scold others in the news for events they think they know better – and the secrets that remain hidden underneathe the table.
Perhaps I will go with both, and finalize with the daughter’s arrival. That way the ending ends with a can of worms being opened and leaving the reader wondering what happens next….
-M
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