Ashes and Dust

37,157 words is the current count, O King of York. Let's see, that puts us at about page 123 in the paperback novel. So many more words to go, people. I'm guessing this will come in somewhere around 200,000 words. I might be underestimating, though. We'll see how it plays out. The plot and characters are pretty clear in my head, but I've got to leave room for unplanned weirdness to happen. Although, we wouldn't want Jordan-style digressions and needless subplots, would we? Also, thus far, nobody has tugged on a braid or smoothed out a skirt. But there is a king named Helathius. See what I did there? See it?