Well, they don't ask. On the other hand, her opinion is that if you're going to hold someone against their will, you don't have to be rude about it. ;p

This is the code I use for my writing posts.

((img src="http://picometer.writertopia.com/words=6226&target=100000"))

Replace the double commas with "< >" symbols. The number after "target=" is your word count goal and the one after "words=" is your current progress. I hope that helps a bit.