Finished less than an hour ago. Total page count: 310. Total word count: 127,000.
That’s 127,000 exactly, which is kinda weird. Especially since 27 is my lucky number (as far as I believe in such things) and 127 is part of “bbd127,” the standard username I use for lots of my website accounts. (Okay, confession: It was 126,999, and I couldn’t let that stand. I just had to add another word. But even so, that’s still pretty weird, right?)
Still lots of work to do, even before I start the Big Revision. I need to sit down and read through all the new stuff I’ve written since Part I (i.e., Parts II, III, and IV). That’s 77,311 words right there. And I’ve gotta do some touching up, a little clarifying and cleaning, before it goes to my beta readers — the goal for that is still May 20.
But the draft is done, and I’m pretty happy with it.
Actually, I’m very happy with it. This took a long damn time, and it feels good to cross the finish line at last.
Brian D. Buckley 
Major congrats! Can’t wait!
Congrats! 🙂
Congratulations!
“It was 126,999, and I couldn’t let that stand. I just had to add another word.”
I’ll bet it was an adverb. You know, the beta readers are going to tell you to take that out. 🙂
“That book? Yeah, everything was great except for the completely gratuitous use of ‘scintillatingly’ at the end. Rookie mistake.”