It's weird what characters have survived my story in only six chapters and a prologue. Mainly I'm thinking of Ensign Penelope Jones of the Royal Navy, who in the first chapter was basically just an extra, a junior tactical officer feeding information to the captain of a military vessel. Not only is she still around, but four of the six chapters of the book are told through the eyes of Penny Jones.
Chapter Six was a bit short -- just over a thousand words -- and while it's definitey my weakest work, it evolved into setting up the story I'll be telling in this book, which will be surprisingly topical. And it got me over the 10,000-word mark. I'm over 20 percent of the way there!
I'm not going to write tonight; I need a break. As Austin told me a little bit ago, even God rested on the seventh day.
Word count:10,810.
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