25,682 Words

Nope, didn't make it in time. But, miraculously, I have not been beating myself over the head for it - on the contrary, I'm quite happy that I, one, managed to write 23,000 more words than last attempt; two, got a little more than halfway through; and three, that I wrote 25,000 words in a month (I have NEVER done that before). So, all in all, a very satisfying experience...I'm definitely going to try again next year, though if I've learned anything, it's that having a laptop is very, very, very conducive to getting more writing in.

Not that anyone cares. So I'll be quiet now, and proudly resort to displaying my badge *grins cheekily*.