thenovelthing

*sigh*

I'm still poking along with my story.  I think I've figured out why NaNoWriMo is so strict -- without the firm rules, the book doesn't happen.  Maybe I'll play along this November, if I can get most of my holiday stuff done in October. 

How did you all do?

third down

March is over a third gone, but strangely, my book is not one third written.  I think about it often, though, if that counts for anything.  How are you all coming along?  Progress report? 

ready, set, type

So, tomorrow is the first day for this very lose and free-form novel writing group.  I've just written down a few notes, have no idea what my novel will be about, and am hoping (desperately) that the major writer's block I've had for awhile now will suddenly pull up stakes and go elsewhere. 

Feel free to use the comment section here to vent or brag or give the rest of us ideas that you like but can't use.  Just think, a month or so from now you'll be able to open a sentence with, "Oh, yeah, I heard about that while I was in the middle of writing my book. . . "

thanks to Chris

for making that button you see in the sidebar.  (I'm still impressed that I got it up there without too much fuss -- I'm finally catching on.)

I'm all set to start writing a book in a few weeks.  I got a new laptop, which will make things much, much easier, and I'm going to take a short but fabulous trip to Spain at the end of this month so I'll have lots to write about. 

I feel like I should be saying *something* but this really is a very low key sort of event, so there isn't anything to report.  I'm just thrilled to have some company and motivation to finally do this.  I'll keep my fingers crossed for a calm month that will allow us all time to write what and how we want. 

Thanks, everyone!

With a tip of my knitted cap to Eden Marriott Kennedy, I want to start a thing.  I've always wanted to write a novel.  Of course I have, haven't you?  But, who has the self-discipline, the time, the One Good Idea?  Then I heard about NaNoWriMo, and I thought, hmmmmm, I should do that.  I would do that if I wasn't so busy with all the buying and wrapping of gifts and baking cookies and brownies for classes of twenty or thirty kids and feeling bad that once again I wasn't sending out cards. 

So, then I decided that March is good for me.  Is it good for you?  Wanna do a little splinter group novel writing thing?  I am incapable of the fancy stuff -- I can't give you a little button that shows how close you are to your goal.  In fact, I say let's not get caught up in word count at all; let's just make it a story that is definitely not going to be mistaken for a short story.   

If you want to participate, leave a comment and I will add you to the list in the side bar: that much I can do.   I've already had a couple of people say they are interested, but I won't list anyone until I get a firm "yes."  I know it's hard to write when there is all this pressure.  Just remember, March has a whole extra day compared to November, and all you have to really get ready for are your elaborate April Fool's Day pranks.