Just finished the first draft of Secret.  It’s clocking in right now at just short of 13.4K words, but that will likely change as I do the first-pass edits in a day or two.  Regardless, it’s going to be about the same length as Forever, as I expected.

The ending changed a little when I wrote what I thought was going to be a quick transition scene to the real ending.  I just stumbled across the perfect place for the standard “of the wood” ending where I use the title as the closing, so I went for it.

Hate to lose the scene I was conjuring up for afterward, but oh well.  There was a neat little interaction that I was really keen to write.  Maybe I can use it in something later.

Now I’m going to take a little break, goof off on the internet, and see what strikes me to tackle next.