Remember remember
the month of November,
To write with or without a plot
The trick-or-treaters all snug in their beds,
coming off of sugar highs, out like a light,
the adults wait for the chime of midnight
a signal to write what is in their heads.
Start something fresh, start something new
with only thirty days in which to tell
a riotous adventure or tear-jerking spell,
Ass in the chair is all you have to do.
I could go on with witty verse and rhyme
but that takes effort and that takes time.
Oh wait…
I started NaNoWriMo back in 2003, when it was just an internet fledgling. Now it is practically mainstream. The community Nano brings is a powerful thing and many have fond memories of when they first got together with strangers to take a crazy challenge to write 50,000 words in month. Bookstores were king. Caffeine revered. Life was Bella Vita.
After taking the past two years off, I am taking up the NaNoWriMo challenge once again. I am at such a good point in my life that I feel really confident of a win. Of course, I must beware the dangers of November. Bad things happen to me in November. Things that involve the emergency room. It doesn’t escape me that this November will mark 5 years since that fateful November 17th, a day that pretty much changed my health forever. Though my “off” days are fewer and fewer, it still is not gone. A lot has changed in 5 years though. I am rather proud of myself for making it to where I am now.
My current word count is a big fat 0. No worries though. 🙂
My novel will be the steampunk (Victorian fantasy) one that I have been pushing off to the side in favor of short stories. Now it will get some much needed attention and focus.
Onward through the Maze of My Imagination!
nico serene 