This post won't be long, I still have a few thousand words to pound out before I validate it at the site and earn my little "I Won" icon. Which is pretty much all you get, you know, bragging rights. What participating in this crazy challenge does is it pits you with (not really against) many other people who are trying to do the same thing you are. They have write-ins in librarys and coffee shops all over the world and like-minded crazy people sit typing for hours in the same room or ajoining tables (not really talking to each other, though sometimes muttering at recalcitrant characters under their breath).
Yeah, it's crazy.
At the end of every November, you then have 50K words of a rough draft. In my case, my novel is only 1/3 through the rough draft at that word count. However, I'll have a really good block of it done, enough that I have motivation to see how it ends. All I'm missing after today is the accountability and companionship that Nano brings into the mix.
Which is why I've come back to this blog. Well, one of the reasons. I am more than just a writer. I'm also a woman of faith, a wife, a mother, a beginning photographer, a voracious reader and I'm working at returning to a healthy weight. I'm sure that all those things will blend into this blog because it's all part of who I am.
Anyway, thanks for joining me. I like the company.
