No posts in over a month? Wow, I’ve been slacking! Don’t worry, I’m back for a while. Just about every day now I’ll be posting about NaNoWriMo
So last year was not such a great time. In fact, I gave up gave myself permission to fail because of everything going on with my husband’s health. This year, I won’t let that get me down. I am just as determined as ever to win, possibly even more determined. Last year I started a novel I loved, lost steam, started a different, more wacky idea, lost steam, and ultimately stopped trying. This year it’s back to that first novel, officially making me a NaNo Rebel.
I wrote about 8300 words of The Ultimate Rewind last year, and this year I’m picking it up and adding to it. My final total word count goal is 60,000 words. That means next month I am going to write a little more than 50,000 AND it will be my longest novel to date by quite a bit. But there is at least one other difference this year: I have finally thrown away my working title, which I hated. The new title is Cursed. For one thing it sounds a lot more like a YA novel, which is what I’m aiming for. And for another… I don’t know, I think the whole “ultimate” thing threw me. It was a horrible title that didn’t fit my idea at all, which made me lost interest in the novel. This title is a lot more exciting.
I am getting all prepped now. I have created my 2010 NaNo spreadsheet. I have typed the “No Plot? No Problem!” writing kit
A Desire to Get Creative 
Good luck with NaNoWriMo!
Today I thought about what you said – that there's no more November, we just call it NaNoWriMo now, and I totally agree! I'm *so* excited. Stickers for every 1K you write is a really smart idea. I'm gonna do that too! Walmart, here I come 🙂 A cheer: Writing fast is what I do, I'm a WriMo, how 'bout YOU? Woot!