A Rope Of Thorns: THUD

Prologue: Completed, 1,567 words in full.
Chapter One: Begun--I'm just in the "slightly modified Mayan/Aztec calendar" portion of it, immediately before getting into real action.
Fun: Found out what Songbird's actual name is. Research on Wild West dentistry. Thought up an atrocious pun.
Grind: Waiting on personal news, making me itchy and restless. Also, my uterus feels like it's trying to escape--start, period. Start, already.
Words overall: 19,318.