What the heck happened to October?<\/p>\n
I cruised into October with a spring in my step and hope in my heart. \u00a0Then, almost immediately.\u00a0I stumbled back into bed with pain in my throat and an infection in my sinuses. \u00a0All of my intentions to write a blog post every day went right out the window.<\/p>\n
I’m recovered from being sick, but now it’s Halloween. \u00a0The month disappeared. \u00a0In less than an hour, NaNoWriMo starts.<\/p>\n
I don’t know if I’m going to succeed this time. \u00a0I’m not going into this with a lot of hope. \u00a0I haven’t done much writing the last few weeks. \u00a0I haven’t done my preparatory blog writing. \u00a0I barely have a story idea.<\/p>\n
But I’m doing this! \u00a0Bryanna is with me again this year. \u00a0We’ve already made introductions at the Yolo Nano kickoff party. \u00a0We’ve gone through the ritual seeding of the Plot Box. \u00a0In just a little bit, at the stroke of midnight, we’ll tear into our stories, creating terrible, merciless first drafts.<\/p>\n
Fifty thousand words. \u00a0Thirty days. \u00a0Let’s see how this goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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