Cheating

I’m at 13,531 words now, but I cheated a little ... I think. What do you think? Is this cheating?

Since I had to write my column for the paper anyway, I put it in my book as I had my character read a newspaper and read my column so I could get credit for those words.

I figured I did write them!

So, I may have cheated a bit, but at least I'm on pace.