Tomorrow, or the day after I'll go over 50,000 words in my current project. That's not edited of course which will change that number. Not that it won't grow... It has to, I haven't found the end yet!
Will my fans see it? Hopefully. I decided that a different tack still allowed the story to work.
So, I have one non critical flashback to remove (after I start editing) then lots of work on editing! Of course that can't really start until I reach the end. But I do believe that's in sight. But I'll try to not rush it, which is how I feel about most of my other work. That I forced the end.