No Plot? No Problem!

Hello, and welcome to my blog! To those of you who haven't heard about it before, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. For ten years now, the challenge to write 50,000 words in the month of November has been extended to those crazy enough to put pen to paper and rough it out. My blog title is the motto of NaNoWriMo - the point is not to create the next Great American (or wherever you are) Novel -- it's to get your ideas out on paper. Create a character, or a basic idea, and run with it. See what you can do.

This is my third year attempting the NaNoWriMo challenge. In '06 I failed miserably, finishing with only 10,000 words. '07 was much more successful - I finished, with time to spare! Unfortunately, in what I now lovingly refer to as the Great Windows Fuck-up of Summer '08, I lost the majority of that novel. That leads me to today, 5 days until the insanity of November begins. I have a basic idea, a main character and a cast of supporting characters, and no clue what I'm going to do with them. Bring on November! I'm planning on blogging at least twice a week, so check back for updates with snippets of my novel (as yet unnamed... hey, at the very least check back to see what I name the damn thing!) and updates on my mental status. I can do it!

It's not too late to sign up yourself! Just visit www.nanowrimo.org and sign up today! Hope to see you there...