Good luck on this penultimate weekend of NaNoWriMo. It's going to be a huge two days! By Sunday, I think we'll end up surpassing our collective 1.6 billion word count from last year's NaNoWriMo.

And speaking of Sunday...By bedtime on that day we should all be at—and this number just made me cry a little when I saw it—36,674 words.

Let me double-check that.

Yep. Shoot.

If there's anyone else riding the slow train like me, can we at least make a pact to be at 30,000 by Sunday night? We can surge ahead in the final week, and when we cross the finish line and dump Gatorade all over ourselves it will be all the sweeter because we were so far behind going into Week Four.

This Sunday is also the Night of Writing Dangerously in San Francisco! The OLL office currently looks like a candy bomb went off, as Julia, Elaine, and Carolyn load up goodie bags with books and gadgets, carefully pack raffle prizes in baskets, and test the pyrotechnic display we'll be setting off every time someone crosses over 50K at the event.

If you're going to be there, we can't wait to hug you. If you're not, we'll miss you, and we'll post photos of the event on the site on Monday.

Have a great, productive weekend, everyone!

Chris