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NOVEMBER 18, 2009

NaNoWriMo

November is national novel writing month. For us readers and authors, this is exciting. I do wonder whose idea it was to put this important event during the same month that contains Thanksgiving, wouldn’t say… January, February or March have been better?

Still, for several years now an online community has developed over this auspicious event. Nanowrimo.org

What is NaNoWriMo.org? An international, online community dedicated to “a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing.” Those who are brave sign up (for free) at the website and begin writing on November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30.

Thousands have participated; in fact some published novels have even been born this way. (Perhaps you’ve heard of Sara Gruen’s Water For Elephants?) As of this writing, the word count for 2009 is: 1,315,967,901 with 12 more days to go!

Those who sign up at the website and reach the goal of 50,000 words by the end of the month receive a certificate praising them for their task. Sadly, I did sign up but have not submitted a word. Maybe next year.

But to all the authors out there and future authors out there – hat’s off and Happy November!

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