About 13k words in for NANoWriMo

Ok, ok, so I am a bit behind. I have been averaging about 1200 words a day, need to be at 1600. But the good news is that the story is still unfolding (not hit any serious roadblocks).

The really cool part is that I have NO idea where this is going. It was inspired by the painting below. At first it was going to be a young lady and an adventurous guy... but then I realized they needed money, so it became about a young lady and her Grandfather going off to explore an old haunt of his. Then I read this article about the Bechdel Test:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bechdel_test


I challenged myself to have more women characters. And so I added a country cousin come to visit (that is not exactly how the character ends up, but close enough). So, now it is more about two young women in Edwardian England who go on a ballooning adventure. They have to find a guy who once flew in the British Balloon force and saw a city in the clouds (not, uh.. Cloud City, btw). So far they have tracked down the guy, but wouldn't you know it, he gets kidnaped from under their noses. Turns out other parties want to find this city as well...

So, there you have it, so far. 13k words in, 37k more to go...!!!!