8,738 for The List. Hey, in four days, I nearly doubled my word count! Of course, as I'm whizzing along, I'm thinking I'll ending up cutting it all. On the other hand, I've been careful about plotting and only writing parts where the two are together. Start each scene without any build up, just get right to the meat of the chapter. Some interesting developments, the bad buy's just posted a henchman as a spy in the heroine's household. Also, I am stressing over The Spare. What if it does suck and Kate asks for their money back? On the other hand, there's a black-out on the whole east coast, and I bet she can't edit my MS in the dark. Joy, I get to stress for days more. Arggh. I can feel the stress boiling away. I only sent out one other Agent query. Haven't checked the PO box for a reply from the one I mailed, and I suppose the black-out is keeping the emailed one from being attended to. Note to self: find out who's in charge so I can ask why the world doesn't run for my convenience.