I'm pissed i got so far and then failed, but the only way i could have it the big 50K would have been by dedicating hours to it- the story is told, and by rewriting bad scenes and such maybe i could have hit 50K... but i resolved not to pad this.

Once my work for the weekend is done, i'll write the final scene and call it the first draft of a novel. Then start editing, rewriting the 50% of it i'm completely unhappy with, and looking up options for releasing it online.