Nose to the Grindstone

Book is now at 130,236.  What had seemed but one plot bomb had--like some fireworks--others embedded in it, that kept bursting along.  In some ways a book is like a party: if you want a good party, you invite people who will make it one, and all you have to do is supply the place and time.  With the right characters, a book (or this part of a book) takes off happily on its own, generating plot like crazy. 

Usually this is good but sometimes the writer is having Too Much Fun, like the host at the