NaNoWriMo is here

I know, I know. It’s been forever. Let me update one thing and then talk about another.

As you may or may not know, National Novel Writing Month is upon us. This is where many people across the globe attempt to write a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days (why isn’t it called International Novel Writing Month? It just doesn’t have that same zing!). I’ve done this twice before, both times winning which is essentially writing that many words. It’s about word count, not quality. It’s just writing the thing down and getting it on paper–or on your word-processor. The first year was a blast and I didn’t feel horrible about the finished product. The second year was a slump year. Oh, I still made it but I didn’t feel very good about what I wrote. This year I am quite excited about the whole thing and I am truly intending to needle away at that goal on a more consistent basis. Fortunately for me, I am a relatively fast writer when I’m not trying to criticize myself, which for me is the biggest challenge. Last year, I gave myself an end of the month cushion and told myself that I had all that time in the world. Big mistake. Almost missed it. This year, steady and surely toward the goal.

The other thing I wanted to mention is this whole blog thing. I do like to blog, but it’s a bit of a conundrum. I think of blog topics at work or walking around or sometimes when I’m surfing, but none of them seem all that important to write about. And at times I feel like I’m repeating myself…which could be true of this little paragraph here. One of my friends decided to stop blogging because he just didn’t feel it any more. I understand, only too well. Maybe what I need to do is make sure that I don’t try and do this once a day, but rather a couple times a week or even once a week. I think that is what is necessary. I hope I can do this. Both the blog and NaNo.