NaNoWriMo for the win
I know I've left everyone hanging about how our Michigan trip ended. I'll spoil the ending by saying that we all made it home in one piece. I promise I'll get to the rest of the details in about a month.
"Why so long?" you ask. Well, it just so happens that I have started writing a novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Basically, in the month of November anyone can try and write a 50,000 word piece of fiction. If you hit 50,000 words by the end of the month you win.
I really wanted to do it last year, but with a newborn it just didn't seem possible. Now that all of my kids are (mostly) sleeping through the night I thought I'd give it a go. I don't want to give too much away, but my novel is a lot like Twilight. Except instead of vampires, there are computer science geeks. It really is just a self indulgent way for me to re-live my favorite college memories. Except I can make them even better. Like including a Bud Cort look alike for my leading man.
I am having so much fun writing this. It may not amount to much, but I'm glad I've decided to do it. If it doesn't stink too bad, maybe, just maybe, I'll let you read it when it's done.
Here's a little gadget to show you how far I am in my writing.
"Why so long?" you ask. Well, it just so happens that I have started writing a novel for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Basically, in the month of November anyone can try and write a 50,000 word piece of fiction. If you hit 50,000 words by the end of the month you win.
I really wanted to do it last year, but with a newborn it just didn't seem possible. Now that all of my kids are (mostly) sleeping through the night I thought I'd give it a go. I don't want to give too much away, but my novel is a lot like Twilight. Except instead of vampires, there are computer science geeks. It really is just a self indulgent way for me to re-live my favorite college memories. Except I can make them even better. Like including a Bud Cort look alike for my leading man.
I am having so much fun writing this. It may not amount to much, but I'm glad I've decided to do it. If it doesn't stink too bad, maybe, just maybe, I'll let you read it when it's done.
Here's a little gadget to show you how far I am in my writing.
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