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NaNoMoNoMo
Oct. 28th, 2013 11:35 amNovember 1st is right around the corner, and with it comes the annual exercise in mass sleep-deprivation called National Novel-Writing Month, aka NaNoWriMo. I first did NaNo in 2001, pretty much on a dare from my best friend and as a one-off lark, and I've pretty much been writing ever since.
In fact, I've reached the point where writing consumes almost all of my spare time, and I'm not convinced that's entirely healthy for me. I decided that this year I'm going to do the anti-NaNo. I finished the first draft of my novel in the wee hours of Sunday morning this past weekend, and I want some distance from it before I leap into revisions, and I really need to get some things done around the house, and, dammit, I'd really like to READ some books, so I have declared November my own personal No More Novel / NaNoMoNoCleaMyHouMo.
Here are the things I hope to accomplish:
* get actual sleep
* clean my house
* read some books
* finish redecorating the downstairs bathroom
* spend some sustained quality time with my kids
* make curtains for the living room and fix all the uneven curtain rods installed by the previous owners
* attempt to learn a musical instrument
* watch some TV and movies
* slack
* think about all the great things I can write in December.
Elder child thinks I should paint some paintings too.
I have left the possibility open of working on a short or two during November, but only if I can't resist.
Anyway, here's wishing everyone participating in NaNo luck with their 50k words, and I'll be thinking of you while I'm busy with my 50k chores and distractions. :)
In fact, I've reached the point where writing consumes almost all of my spare time, and I'm not convinced that's entirely healthy for me. I decided that this year I'm going to do the anti-NaNo. I finished the first draft of my novel in the wee hours of Sunday morning this past weekend, and I want some distance from it before I leap into revisions, and I really need to get some things done around the house, and, dammit, I'd really like to READ some books, so I have declared November my own personal No More Novel / NaNoMoNoCleaMyHouMo.
Here are the things I hope to accomplish:
* get actual sleep
* clean my house
* read some books
* finish redecorating the downstairs bathroom
* spend some sustained quality time with my kids
* make curtains for the living room and fix all the uneven curtain rods installed by the previous owners
* attempt to learn a musical instrument
* watch some TV and movies
* slack
* think about all the great things I can write in December.
Elder child thinks I should paint some paintings too.
I have left the possibility open of working on a short or two during November, but only if I can't resist.
Anyway, here's wishing everyone participating in NaNo luck with their 50k words, and I'll be thinking of you while I'm busy with my 50k chores and distractions. :)
