no NaNo this year

[mmegaera]

I did NaNoWriMo in 2010, and in 2011, and made my 50,000 words both years. Last year's NaNo book, in fact, became the first draft of the beginning of True Gold.

But this year I'm not doing NaNo, because I can't meet the requirements without stopping James's story 20,000 words in and starting something completely new. Which would be insane.

So I'm just going to keep plugging away at James, with a personal deadline of February 28, 2013 to reach the end of the first draft, and a daily goal of at least 750 but hopefully closer to 1000 words, five days a week.

But I will enjoy the energy and enthusiasm for the month. Just you watch [g].

Comments

[sraun]

My wife claims that if you have previously won, you can do NaNo to add 50,000 words to an in-progress work. I cannot find substantiation of that on the NaNo site, but I don't have an account, and so I don't think I can see everything. Want me to get a cite?

[mmegaera]

No, that's all right. There's no way I'm going to be able to keep on track to make 50,000 words this month, anyway. I'll just be happy to finish the manuscript by the end of February [g].

But I do appreciate the offer!