Gotta Get JOHN DUNN Done

I finished the Battle of Ulundi last night, which is the climax of my story, and that means I have only one more chapter to write. And that should be finished by the end of the week. And wow, it's at 114,000 words! I had no intention of writing such a long book, but that's historical fiction for you. And I didn't even get all the characters and all the events in there! Really, there was so much more that happened during that period in South Africa. If I had put it all in there it would have been easily twice as long. And it's already long enough. Right now, I'm just hoping I can keep it under 120,000 words. I suppose I will. And then revisions. And that's the part of the writing process that I enjoy most because the story is finished and it's just a matter of polishing it up from that point on. No more racking of the brain putting pieces together. Yay.