Have you heard of this? It's almost November, and therefore, almost National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). So sometime in October, if you're feeling randy, you can sign up on http://www.nanowrimo.org , thereby committing to God and country that you will write a 50,000-word novel in the month of November. That's one whole novel in one short month. I REALLY want to participate, but my college classes online start on November 4th, so I'm thinking instead, perhaps the key for me would be to start now, pretending that it's November, so that when November hits, I'll not only be ready to devote all my time to school, I'll have an unedited manuscript ready for publi-- ready for serious pain to be inflicted on it with a red pen. I may have mentioned (or not) that I have a wildly clever book already underway, but that although I managed about 12k words, I'm stuck at a point where I need to do some major research before I can continue, and so I've been lollygagging (spell check wants me to make that lallygagging, but I just can't do it). I do, however, have another novel, a romance in fact, which might fit the bill. Romances generally are shorter anyway and although I'd still need to do some research, I should be able to get the base story out in a month - that'd be great since I've had this story for the last ten years itching to be written. So anyway, if you too have the writing bug, visit the site above, and then too, check out this blog which I also find to be terrifically interesting for writers and non-writers alike: http://www.shnozzfest.com . Happy writing!(P.S. Thanks to my friend Julie for the avatar above.)
