I have now finished the roughs and dialogue for chapters 24 and 14. These two chapters, along with 25, are where Lots Of Things Are Explained. They will be twelve or so dense and important pages, which I hope I manage to deliver coherently and gracefully.

This makes me pretty happy, as it means I am getting close to the end of the story – there’s about 15-20 pages of climax and dénouement afterwards, and then I will get to write THE END on the most ambitious project of my life so far.