Here’s the six words for November:

• THAT — 755 to start, 610 to finish — removed 145
  • When there are 70,000+ words, you’re going to have a lot of “that”.
• JUST — 285 to start, 221 to finish — removed 64
• VERY — 177 to start, 169 to finish — removed 8
  • Most of these were actually forms of “every” or “delivery”.
• WHICH — 84 to start, 78 to finish — removed 6
  • Removing “which” is hard, because I usually replace it with “that”, “just”, or “only”, all of which are words I’m trying to use less often. It’s annoying. My goal is to not have more than one “which” per printed page once I put out the print version.
• REALLY — 102 to start, 89 to finish — removed 13
  • I’m still trying not to use “really” as an adverb, and instead only use it in dialogue. Success has been mixed.
• ONLY – 99 to start, 94 to finish — removed 5
  • I have a tendency to replace “just” with “only”, which is why I do “just” second and “only” sixth. And whenever I try to replace “only”, it usually ends up being “just” or “that”. Conundrum.

My artist has the models for November (Alison), December (Charlie), and Volume 4 (sexy couple). And I’ve put together the first draft of the final edition of Holiday Heat — I have a lot of editing to do, though.

No job-related news this month, though I did have a phone interview last Friday.