National Novel Writing Month

National Novel Writing Month starts on November 1st. For an entire month you work on writing a 50,000 page novel by the end of November. It started in 1999 with only 21 particpants. Last year there were over 50,000 people who signed up and this year they're prediciting well over 70,000 participants.

What do you get if you're a "winner?" A certificate, a sense of accomplishment and, who knows, maybe even a published novel. Lani Diane Rich joined the National Novel Writing Month challenge in 2002. Those first 50,000 words turned into her first published novel, "Time Off for Good Behavior," in 2004.

You can find out more about NaNoWrimo by clicking on this link
NaNoWriMo Webesite

This will be my fourth year participating. The first year, 2003, I didn't finish. I did finish in 2004 and 2005. I'm rewriting this year the novel I wrote in 2005. I'm not sure if that's against the "rules" or not, but I'm doing it anyway.