Um, so I did intend to do NaNoWriMo this year, but then on November 2 (because on November 1, I was tumbling down stairs on a battleship and so I didn’t really have time to write anything) I said to myself, “What am I doing? I just finished working hard on a first draft. I’ve been working hard on speeches and presentations and working hard at the day job. I still have to obsess and freak out over going to Texas in a couple weeks and that’ll take up a lot of my time and energy. Plus my family’s coming to visit for Thanksgiving. So do I really want to try to force out another 50,000 words this month?”
So I decided not to do NaNoWriMo this year. I’ll do my own NaNoWriMo though after the new year. When maybe I have a chance to breathe and focus. But I hope everyone else who is doing NaNoWriMo this year has a lot of fun!
Oh, I also wanted to add an additional comment on my last entry. The Husband always gets on me about wearing what he calls “inappropriate” shoes. Because I’m usually wearing heels or sandals or even heeled loafers to do things like climb up a mountain (our trip to Chimney Rock a few years ago) or walk for hours (um, the mall, hiking, the zoo, Key West, just to name a few). But I would like to point out that on Saturday I was wearing SNEAKERS (blue and silver sparkly Skechers, but still sneakers) and yet I still fell down the stairs. Now maybe if I’d been wearing my heels that I’m so used to walking in, I could have kept my balance.
(“No, you would have managed to actually break your neck if you’d been wearing heels,” The Husband says.)
No NaNo for me, either. I’m coming to the end of a first draft of a new YA I’ve been working on since August. I would be mental to try this year. I’m kinda bummed, though, because I had fun last year. I may try to do a NaNo February or March or something. 🙂
~Leigh B.~
I’m a little bummed too. NaNo is really fun, but as much as I wanted to do it, that voice in my head kept telling me I was pushing myself too hard right now and needed a break. February or March might sound good though! 🙂
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