So by Wednesday evening I'd decided I was going to put this year's NaNoWriMo effort back in the incubator, and concentrate on completing the book from 2002. I have two bad reasons, one good reason, and one very good reason for this.

The good reason is that I need to produce a finished manuscript, and starting a new one every year while the other drafts sit around isn't going to get me there. And I have been racking up the editing hours - I'm finally starting to get a regular schedule.

I'm definitely not wild about quitting NaNoWriMo, , but really, even if I stubbornly mashed my way through the word count, I'd end up rewriting most of it anyway - I haven't even been to Las Vegas yet. Clearly a field trip is required before I can set a quarter of the book there.

Now Valhalla I'm content to just make up as I go along.