Must trim 137,000-word novel to 115,000 words.
Progress:
7/14: 137,263 words
7/15: 136,901
7/16: 136,291
7/17: 135,666
7/18: 134,473
[break: in which I fretted over the existing 134,473 words; finished a chapter in a different book; and pondered an interpersonal paradox]
7/24: 133,871 words
7/26: 133,444
7/27: 132,890
7/30: 130,872 (after four hours in the studio!)
7/31: 129,947
