Can I have your attention for just a sec? Thanks...
My total word count as of Dec. 1, 2003: 11,024
My total word count as of Dec. 1, 2004: 10,954
My total word count as of Nov. 22, 2005, with eight days to go: 15,019
I'm really hoping to make it 20,000 by the weekend, and 25,000 by next Thursday, when NaNoWriMo is done for another year.