A red-letter day! The middle-grade novel is finished. 18,487 words. Of course, this is only the first draft, and it needs to be edited and revised--only because I think a novel's beginning is somehow supposed to be connected to its ending, and this one's beginning has only a vague connection to the ending. Oh well, revision is fun. The hard work is actually over. I at least have something now I can work with. My three editors who have been awaiting nonfiction proposals (long overdue) will cheer at this news because while the middle-grade beast rests, I'll turn my attention to those.

Also, another glowing review of We Are One arrived. It's so cool that at least some people are paying attention to it.