Random European extrapolations: Uhh... the novel is about sadness and dark themes, but I've felt happy writing it. I've been happy getting some of the sadness and unwritten thoughts down to writing. It's been very therapeutic. I've not felt completely stuck, at no point this year I've not felt like writing this was a chore to be dealt with. And I've not felt alone either, thank you, folks.
Anyway, 50,242 words! I think this is a good place to call it done as far as the project checkpoint goes. As the project is part of an indie game project and I hope to get the design document to some kind of a presentable state by the end of the year, I will definitely be continuing the work on the manuscript very soon.