Do I, or Don’t I?
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
It’s almost NaNoWriMo time again.
The question is, is it even worth attempting? I can barely find time to keep up with my paltry blog posts, let alone complete a 50,000 word novel in one month.
Last year I got a mere chapter’s worth of work done on WidowWalk. Something came up. Don’t remember what it was. But I did start writing the book, so now I can’t work on that one again: NaNoWriMo requires you to start from scratch (other than plotting and outlining and character sketches, etc.)
I do have a book mostly outlined and ready to work on, this time more sci/fi than historical (although half the book does take place in the past…during the American Civil War, which I’ve plenty of experience writing about).
But I’m neck-deep in rewriting An Uncivilized Yankee.
And there are 3-almost-4 fantasy novels wanting out of my head and on to paper. Books 1 and 2 are sitting at about 20,000 words apiece. Book 3 is mostly outlined plus about 3600 words and Book 4 is little more than a plot idea rolling around the back of my brain.
To top it all off the hubby is going to be out of town the first week in November–he’s going to Auctioneering School. Isn’t that cool? But that does leave me all alone with the Punkin again.
So. Do I? Or Don’t I?