NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write 50,000 words in the month of November, which equals 1,667 words a day. I have heard about it before, but have never thought about participating. Mainly because I have never, in the month of November, been at the start of a book. I have been writing for two Novembers, and both times had already started before NaNoWriMo began.

The same is true this year. As of right now, I have written 46,503 words in my novel. However, I expect the novel to be between 80,000 and 100,000. And I woke up this morning realizing how very close to 50,000 words that is.

I will have a brand new baby at home at the beginning of December. I had the goal of finishing this book, subsequent drafts included, before baby comes. With severe motion sickness being part of my morning sickness, coupled with an amazing amount of exhaustion, I have had months during this pregnancy when I have not sat down to write anything at all.

If I could finish the first draft of this book before my baby comes, that would be spectacular! I know I will still have all the follow-up drafts of the book, the peer reviews, and the eventual querying of agents left to juggle while taking care of a newborn, but I would be a heck of a lot closer!

So, I am going to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. I will subtract whatever my word count is from the total number of words I end each day with, so I can actually see how many words I am successfully writing in November, but I will do it!

Hopefully this will be the push I need to actually find the time and energy to get this done.