NaNoWriMo 2007.

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So I never take the NaNoWriMo challenge. There was always an excuse. Usually, it was graduate school. Well, always, really, since last fall’s dissertation work was school-related. There was also that week I spent in Boston that killed it, too.

This year, my wife has a new job. I am job-hunting and waiting and hopelessly unemployable. So, rather than a source of stress, I think writing a bad novel in November this year will be a source of sanity. This might be the only November where I might have the time to do something like this. If I have the time now, that is.

Writing will keep me busy besides my housework. The new joke is that I’m a “house bitch” which is, I suspect, moderately sexist in, like, three or four ways. I am enjoying cooking. I made really yummy chili Monday, from scratch, my first attempt. It was awesome. When I perfect it, I’ll share the recipe. Soon, I hope.

So, tomorrow, I’m running to the market to replace the coffee jar I broke today and to get some new hot sauce for dinner. Dropping off suit for pressing (wedding to go to Saturday, by bike!). Stopping at Dunkin’ Donuts for a huge coffee.

Coming home and writing.

My title so far (provided I don’t change my topic before then): Crazy Bitches.

It’s about men who wind up with (duh) crazy bitches. And, ultimately, it’s about responsibility, a minor philosophical obsession of mine (which leaves my affection for Nietzsche as something strange, if you know what I mean).

Good luck! Here’s hoping you don’t become a Crazy Bitch yourself…

My wife might say I have gotten there already, lol :-)

Are you going for NaNo again this year?

Good luck on the novel. I’m a few hundred words in but still feel good! Feel free to look me up on NaNo! User name coldwintersun

Is the ultimate goal to have your novel published?

I’m not sure yet, depends on how much it sucks, lol:) I might let a few friends read it and see if they hate it. It’s turning out to be much…meaner than I thought it would be. But I feel good, albeit tired, at the end of a writing session. If I get it polished up, though, I would love to get it published. I’m just not sure if it will be good enough to be worth the effort:)