Day 23: Black friday deals on words

Well, it wasn't a buy-one get-two deal on words today but I did do another 1,000-or-so words, bringing the tally to 43,500 (or in other words, 6,500 to go.)  I've all-but written off this story (no pun intended) in the quality or excitement department, so now it's more about getting it done and learning what not to do next time.