Red Room Where the Writers Are

As of 11:59PM 1st November 2008, I had 55,085 words written of this year's novel.

 I also had:

• 1 head scientist caught between pleasing her bosses and listening to the fears of one of her teammates
• 1 young scientist who saw the accident coming and couldn't warn the right people in time
• 1 boss whose technological expertise extended to being able to tell his iPhone apart from his kids' Nintendo DS (sometimes)
• 1 downtrodden office worker seeking revenge on those who wronged him
• 1 slightly xenophobic and racist cop seeking to bring him down
• 2 idiots named "Dumb" and "Dumber" in a rather crazy word sprint
• 1 prison warden who was meant to only play a minor role but actually became wiser and more sage than the "hero" of the piece
• 1 boss who tries to run an extremely depleted station and put up with the slightly xenophobic cop's extreme zealousness at the same time
• 1 neglected wife and 1 neglected daughter who really do love the cop
• 1 mob boss trying to avenge his wrongs
• 1 young and stupid minion promoted too soon to know what he is actually doing
• 1 wise and crafty minion overlooked for the young one who successfully brings him down
• an assortment of minions and enemies playing their part in the comedy/tragedy
• 1 pretty but dumb, popular but virginal schoolgirl wearing a red devil costume
• 1 bitchy but dumb, popular but skanky schoolgirl wearing a black devil costume
• 1 sexually frustrated boyfriend with a supply of alcohol and a certain debilitating drug
• 1 angel - or, rather, one schoolgirl in an angel costume who saves the pretty but dumb girl from the ravages of her boyfriend but refuses to reveal her identity to said girl (but, of course, anyone else could have worked it out...

And one wife who made it to 33,117 words and of whom I am very proud.