Novel, but no novelty

Well, November is less than two hours away and with it comes the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short). This is one of those American things which as caught on worldwide, so I keep thinking that it should really be InNaNoWriMo. Or possibly InNoWriMo. Then I keep telling myself that this is the kind of thinking that justifies the borderline-autistic result I got on a Facebook quiz the other day and I should just get a grip.

So, off I go again. This is my first ‘proper’ NaNoWriMo, though I did spend most of November (and a bit of October) last year cranking out an 106,000 word manuscript. (It’s still on my hard drive; I’ve been hiding from the beast.) Rather than the punishing 4,500 words a day I was aiming for last year, this time I think 2,500-3000 should do the trick. Interested parties will be able to read the developing manuscript through the Fiction link at the top of this page, though I would request people not to give feedback until the damn thing’s gone through at least one draft.  

You too can write a novel this November. It only takes an average of 1,667 words a day to build a pile of 50,000 by the month’s end. Everyone has a book in them, even if most people should probably leave it there. Find out if yours deserves the light of day over the next 30 days.