I reach the goal and surpassed it. It was a fun challenge and a relief to finally have it all done in less than a month. "Field of Ores" (still looking for a better title) is 60,754 word and it may be crap but its my crap... is that what I really want to say? I've used up my words for today, so I'll stop before I get father behind. My wonderful first through readers should be getting their copies in their email boxes now, so I hope to hear back from them soon and then the real work of proofreading and correction can begin.
Now to print it all out for the wife to read. Put your hands to it people!