The update:
As of 11:59 p.m. on 11/11 I have 14,042 words.

Morale:
So-so. I'm not completely caught up, but I'm not really behind enough to justify despair. And I guess I feel pretty good about the amount I was able to write, considering I ended up going to work on Monday after all.

On Sunday I finally understood that if I'm going to make it, I'll have to stop rewriting on the fly. No more taking the time to think of a synonym if I'm repeating an adjective, dammit. I'll just have to fix the 27 instances of the word "ragged" in December. And if "insouciant" feels wrong, it stays anyway - I'll have plenty of time to think about the relative merits of "casual" versus "nonchalant" later.

Favorite passage of the day:
Too tired. Too many words to pick from.