I've slogged my way through the most difficult part of the book and am now on the downhill slide. It's kind of like the epilogue, except it's more like a really epic epilogue (which totally does not make sense, but will if you read the book, I promise), so I'm still looking at  a good 5k or so of wrap-up.

Then it is done! Or at least, the first draft is. And then we're immediately jumping back in to the second draft and clean-ups. I'm feeling good, overall. The book is moving along, and a few pieces I was mentally fudging around with seem to have slipped into place as I write, which makes my brain hurt a lot less. My notes page on the book has gone down from two full pages of bullet points to  2/3rds of a page.

Not bad, not bad. Not the most exciting way to spend a Saturday night, but it'll do.