Milestone? Maybe yardstone. Things move along.

Finished another two scenes this evening, pushing The Cat Who over 69K words. I've always figured that it would end up being about 70K, and I think I'm pretty much still on track. One more scene to write from scratch, and at most a half-dozen scenes that are almost completely written, but just need a little fleshing out or completion.
This one is very different from Road Kill. "The Cat Who" is more of a mystery adventure. There's no romance at all and, in fact, it's a bit darker in a few places.
The first nine chapters are completely finished and have been sent off to the editor for copy editing. Since she lives with me, whining and complaining are easy and efficient.
I remain convinced that I'll have the novel completed (from a "it's all written down perspective") by the end of the month. All the fiddly bits that take it from "Alpha" to "I'm no longer ashamed" might take a little longer.

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Snippet: Kaylee has just returned Maeve,
Meagan's Maine Coon cat to her cat tree.

"Well, she’s a sweetie, but it’s hard to pay attention to the plot with all that math going on," Kaylee explained as she took her seat again and nudged Hyperion’s head onto her leg where it belonged.
"Math?" the cat asked, as confused as anyone would be by such a response.
"Yeah, it’s a cat thing. All cats, at least all the ones I know, start doing math problems as soon as they fall asleep. Except for you.”
"Seriously?"
"Seriously," she confirmed. "I first noticed it with Lucy, of course. I have no idea why they do it, and no idea what any of the math means, it’s all way over my head. And if you whisper an equation in their ear, they’ll solve it for you."
"Seriously?" he asked again. A bit repetitive, perhaps, but it really was the most accurate question.
"Yeah, it was fun at first. Then I got in trouble when Mom found out Lucy was doing my homework for me. She made me promise."