More Nano novel

23,507 / 50,000
(47.0%)

and 2291 words on the day, so far. Anybody got a time turner I could borrow?

Huh. For some reason, the nano widget says I'm only down 82 words at this point. I think the programmer who did that one was smoking crack. He or she would have a bright future in one of our software vendors' shops. But let's not go there. Still have a day left on the Thanksgiving weekend holiday.

Here's more of the novel. I'm trying to post it mostly at this point to have a backup of it somewhere. I had an unfortunate incident yesterday involving my typing ability and some 700 words suddenly not being there, and it's made me paranoid (even though I lucked out this time and got them back. But it made me think of all kinds of other possibilities, and ....)

Comments and criticisms welcomed, as always.

( Mother and Child, Continued )