KATHRYN BIGELOW

I had quite a productive month. I am one scene shy of being done. I wrote an ending just to get something down on paper, but...

I made great progress to the halfway point, right up until school swung up into full gear and the tomato vines hung heavy with fruit.

I haven't been writing long enough to have a good feel for my word count goals. I randomly chose 100,000 as my end goal...