Word count -- DEADLINE.

[seanan_mcguire]

Words: 4,416.
Total words: 56,706.
Reason for stopping: end of chapter eleven. Time for horror movies.
Music: oddly enough, lots of show tunes.
Lilly and Alice: lounging.

I sort of hate to stop where I'm stopping, because Deadline is currently one hundred and ninety-six manuscript pages long, and two hundred pages is another of those super-

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[vincentursus]

How does a manuscript page translate into a paperback page?

[seanan_mcguire]

I'm not one hundred percent sure. Not the most helpful answer ever, I know, but it's what I have.

The .doc version of Rosemary and Rue is 333 pages, without the dedication or acknowledgments. The book version is 368 pages, with the dedication and acknowledgments. So I'm going to say it's slightly more than one to one, with the final printed book coming out longer.

[ladymondegreen]

Music: oddly enough, lots of show tunes.

I was at a musical themed LARP all weekend, which may explain the sudden release of show tunes into the environment.

It even included part of the plot from Evil Dead.

[seanan_mcguire]

Well, then, that explains that!

[deire]

Have a pretty to see? I thought you might like the title.

[seanan_mcguire]

Pretty!