Marathon Writing

50,000 words. 30 days.

Sounds like the tagline for some sort of writing horror film, does it not?

Actually, the real tagline for NaNoWriMo (National November Writing Month) is "Thirty Days and Nights of Literary Abandon" which sounds slightly cheerier, wouldn't you agree?

My writerly comrades (Alex and Colin) and I are about to set off on a whirlwind race against the clock to pen 50,000 words of a novel. We start in only 14 days. Gulp. Where did I put my running shoes?

I wrote CYNDER in a year. My latest book will be penned in November. There will be no fussing over comma placement, or returning again and again to Chapter One to rewrite paragraph #14. There is no turning back. I will write straight through to 50,000 words, whether it be sloppy, slobby, or messy. Oh! Will my perfectionist self be able to endure it?

Yes. I must. I will prevail.

 Tune in on November 1st to hear the gunshot sound. And watch the race begin.