Are you up for a challenge? It’s NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) time again. The deal is 50K words in 30 days. You can do it. You’ve always wanted to write a novel, so why not now? If you’re interested, check the NaNo website.
Seriously, I learned about NaNoWriMo back in 2007 and I joined the challenge. I ‘won’, which means that I wrote and uploaded my novel of slightly over 50K words. For my ‘win’ I got to display a nifty little badge on my blog that said I did it. But I got more than that. Along the way I met a couple other local wannabe writers, I connected with a few people with interests in my areas of wannabe writing, and I did manage to accomplish a lot of B.I.C. and W.O.P. time (butt in chair and words on page), two disciplines a wannabe writer like me is in need of developing.
I’ve decided to join the challenge this year. Sort of. I’ve got an unfinished manuscript that has been calling me from the archives for a couple of years now. It’s time to complete the story. The way I see it, it’s somewhere in the neighborhood of 50K words from being complete. The funny part is, the portion of the story that is written has been gathering quite a following–over 15,000 iTunes subscribers so far. They’re waiting for the rest of the story. NaNoWriMo 2011 just might be the catalyst to drive it to completion. That’s not an official NaNo challenge. NaNo wants you to complete an entirely new work, not finish an existing one. So my NaNo adventure will be unofficial. Oh well. Works for me.
So I invite you to follow along. I’ll post my progress reports here, and on my NaNoWriMo page for those of you who are in the game. I’ll also post some progress reports on my Authonomy page, if you happen to be in that neighborhood.
Countdown is on. B.I.C & W.O.P.: Chronicles of War should be complete come midnight on November 30th.
