Today wasn't a total loss.  I got a couple solid scenes in, and quite a bit of background work on the nomadic people of the Redeemer universe.  Working on the customs and beliefs of the tribes also gave me a few good scene ideas, so that's a plus too.  Word counts:

Today's Words: 983

Total Count So Far: 40,624

And I got a story idea that I think might turn out to be a really neat short story.  But that's for another day.  Today it was enough just to document the idea, so I don't lose it.