it's a novel...

2621 words yesterday and 2673 today, taking it to a total of 42,324 tonight. It is now officially a novel.

The first sex scene isn't actually until half way through the fourth chapter, 40 pages in -- or about 10,000 words in. And it's another 28 pages to the next one. But there do seem to be a lot of them in there after that. It's got nine altogether so far. I'm sure this news will put off some prospective beta readers, and only encourage others. :->