NaNoWriMo Cometh!

Just a few more weeks till NaNoWriMo begins!

This means I will actually WRITE! This has been my dryest year. Maybe. I miss writing so much, but it’s been relegated to “stuff to do for fun, when there’s time”, and when I actually try, there’s NOTHING.

I’ve been reviewing my priorities in my mind the past couple weeks, and I’ve decided I want writing to be set back near the top of the occupational priorities, even over Mary Kay (Shock! Awe! What will my director say!). I still think I could write the great American novel, or several of them, if I would stop listening to the nay-sayers in my head. They really are in my head. There have been some who doubt (especially those for whom I’ve worked in the past), but no one who’s outright told me I shouldn’t make that a living.

I’ve been writing and loving writing and wanting to write for years and years and years. It’s been a passion forever. I’ve loved it more than anything I’ve ever done. Why not make it into my life’s work? :)

I’ll still do MK, but for the time being, I’m not going to beat myself up over the fact that it’s no longer my #1 occupational priority. I’d like to take both of them out of the “hobby” status and into the “business” status, but if I lead with something I KNOW how to do well, then I think I will do better mentally than I have been over the past two years.

Can’t wait till the 1st of November! :D

Published by Sunbeam on October 5th, 2006 tagged Business, Writing


4 Responses to “NaNoWriMo Cometh!”

  1. Kelly Says:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 12:19 pm

    What does that stand for? Don’t refer me to the site – I don’t want to read all that! ;o)

  2. Sunbeam Says:
    November 3rd, 2006 at 12:58 pm

    That’s okay — the site is kind of slow right now, anyway. :)

    NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The challenge is 50,000 words in 30 days. So far I’ve tried and failed for two years, although each time I’ve written more than I have in the whole year, so it’s not really a negative thing. :)

    So far, I’m not doing too bad. It’s the middle of the month — and the middle of the story — that usually presents the problems.

  3. Kelly Says:
    November 14th, 2006 at 12:21 pm

    So, how is the writing coming along?