Well, that may be the lamest chapter I have ever written (and considering the chapters that came before it, that's saying something!), but I wrapped it up. Leaving room for the sequel, of course. Not that I am ever going to write a sequel (*shudder*), but because when you introduce a murder plot at 40K, it's hard to wrap it up (and three other plotlines) by 50K when you're already beyond bored with the story. I did do a very short epilogue, though. The title basically shows how little I cared by that point. "Epilogue: Where Dana Ends This Month Long Insanity."
I then gave one sentence summaries for each of the characters and further strung along the sequel insanity.
But at any rate, it is done. The final toll:
Chapters: 24 plus a prologue and a very short epilogue
Words: 51021
Dead bodies: 3
Changes in mood/themes/coherence: 1,276,894,345 (did I mention it is very schizophrenic?)
Okay, only 335 days til NaNo '05! :)
Congratulations! :)