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As I mentioned earlier, since I hit 50,000 miles on my car on November 1st, I decided to make my goal whatever my mileage was on the odometer on November 30th.

Yes, I was very careful about driving this month, so I only racked up an additional 370 miles for my word count goal.

It all ended with smiles. Literally.

My end tally was 50,374.

The last line (which I wrote a couple of weeks ago, I don't always write in order):

And I smiled.

I hope your NaNoWriMo has a happy ending.

On November 1st, as I'd planned, my car's odometer turned over to 50,000. (With a bit better planning I would have preferred November 30th but that's what I get for going up to visit my Office of Letters and Light buddies in September.)

So it was there and then that I changed my personal word goal for my 2008 novel. I will write as many words as my car has on its odometer on November 30th.

And to make it easier for me to meet this goal, I walked to my Write In today - it's a win-win, I'm driving less and getting more exercise!

Don't worry, I didn't take that photo while driving. I had help.