I signed up for NaNoWriMo. Why? Because I am a crazy person. Seriously, I have time for this? Between kid, work, school, visiting relatives, and Thanksgiving? (I probably don’t even have to mention that I have one, maybe two projects that are on a tighttighttight 30-day deadline.) Yes, clearly I can also write 50,000 words. Who needs sleep?
I fully intend to do it, though, because it will be good for me. I think too much. I plan too much. What could be more therapeutic than 30 days of enforced brain-dump? At worst, I’ll have some prolific sludge; at best, the bare-bones beginning of the Mommyfiction novel I’ve been making noises about for the last year. (My actual work in progress novel - er, one of them, anyway - already has 30,000 words, so it’s out of the NaNo running.) C’mon, it’ll be fun.
Speaking of “fun,” I’m leaving in two days for a web design conference. I will be away from my kid for five entire days. Days in which I will not be able to snuggle him or kiss his head even once. I think I might die.
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I can’t, though I’d love to, because I just can’t afford the time
All the best to you!
So much to check in on after being off line for awhile. First of all, going you on the novel writing. I will put that on my radar for next year. That sounds really excellent and I hope that you make it available for reading to those of us who follow the blog. As for being away from the babe - I highly recommend skype. It doesn’t replace the feel of their head on your shoulder at night, but it makes the separation a little bit more bareable.