I am DONE WITH THIS DRAFT!

It clocks in at ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR words! (Not counting the approx 26K of Deadfall.)

And here is my VErY DEEP AND TOUCHING, EXTREMELY WELL-WRITTEN final line, which you will remember for ALWAYS:

[INSERT VERY TOUCHING ENDING PARAGRAPH OR TWO RIGHT HERE AND THIS FUCKER IS DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE]

(In all seriousness, I feel I need to reread the whole thing to come up with the proper resonances that should be here.)

Anyway. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONE!