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. 

Comments

[robyn]

i'm interested, and giving you my formal "yes".

final answer.

although i will not be writing a novel, i'll be writing a non-fiction book, for which i hope to have most of my research done before march. heh.

[MamaSutra]

This is my yes...now I need to ponder "what have I done???"

No idea what I'm writing, but this should be good motivation for me. Thanks for providing the opportunity and setting up this page!

[Kat]

Here's my Official yeah yeah yeah!

Prehaps I can manage the "Great American Novel?"

[Matthew Waldron]

I'll definitely participate, even though your vastly superior writing skills will make me look like a hopeless knucklehead. No matter: I've heard that humilty is good for... something or other...

[John]

March will be interesting with both of us writing novels, but I'm in too. I think I need this kind of crazy structure to get anything accomplished.

[rachel]

I'd love to - I need a push to finish & edit the novel I started in November! By March my winter aches will hopefully be lessened, too!

[Chris]

Definitely. Thanks :-)

http://www.serendipitymine.blogspot.com/

[Janeen]

Is it too late to join? I want in! I think low key is very good indeed.

[Melissa R. Garrett]

YES! YES! YES!!!