Slow

So I'm writing again.  Much like my previous novel, I've been taking it slow, just writing passages here and there--however, I did get to the 10,000 word mark in a hurry.  One thing I'm trying to achieve in this book is a greatest sense of conflict and tension--if not between the two main characters, then in their past lives, families, and supporting/secondary characters.  Happy endings are de rigeur, but I can play a little with the intervening storylines.