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Third time’s a charm… I hope

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I tried the last two years.

I failed miserably.

I’m going to try it again.

NaNoWriMo.

National Novel Writing Month. It begins on November 1st. The goal is to complete a 50,000-word novel from scratch by the end of the month.

Yes, you read that right. 50,000 words in 30 days. Yes, all us participants are crazy.

For me, the hard part is that November is just BUSY. Lots of birthdays, not to mention Thanksgiving and getting ready for Christmas. Last year, I think I made it three days before I realized it was a fruitless attempt.

This year, I am more confident. I actually have a book idea. It just happens to be one I joked about writing already years ago, and my last week brought back my interest in writing it.

Tales from the hot dog stand. Or maybe the hot dog diaries. Or Chronicles of a Hot Dog Queen.

I don’t know. The title will come in time. But you get the point. Over the last several years, I’ve had many entertaining experiences in the hot dog stand. Its time to share some of them. Oh I’ll change the names and embellish to protect the not-so-innocent. But I think it’ll be fun to write, and maybe it’ll be just as interesting to read.

We will see! I am determined to finish this time. Third times a charm…

…I hope.

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NaNoWriMo – Try this again

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I signed up for NaNoWriMo for the first time last year. The goal of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is 50,000 word novel in 30 days.

I failed.

Miserably.

So I, of course, decided to set myself up for failure once again this year and sign up. Without a topic in mind five days out from the kick-off.

Go me.

I figure maybe if I keep signing up, one of these days I’ll pull it off.

Okay, in all seriousness, what it comes down to is the fact that November is just a crazy busy month for me, with birthdays, holidays and anniversaries. I have several other writing projects on my plate already which will be taking my attention first, as I committed to those first. So, in all seriousness, don’t take my “sarcasm” as anything other than being realistic. I can only do what I can do. I’m not superwoman.

Who knows. Maybe I’ll pull it off after all. Sometimes, I get started writing and I don’t know when to stop. Perhaps that will happen again when/if I come up with a plot idea and characters.

I really and truly think NaNoWriMo is a brilliant idea. I do, and I’m curious if any of my readers are signed up to do it and would like to be writing buddies over there?

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