Last year, a friend got me interested in the National Novel Writing Month contest.  Every November you write as much as you possibly can for an entire month (the goal is 50,000 words, or 175 pages!) and then spend all of Decemeber editing it.  Because the entire month is spent ferociously writing, it’s expected that the writers will come up with some less than wonderful content.  That is why you ONLY write in Novemember, and against my nature, edit later.  I think the idea is intriguing – i may just try it this year!  Several factors have come in to place to make this easier – trying to work around the Thanksgiving holidays.  This particular year I’ll be in San Antonio for Thanksgiving, and will have this blog to add thoughts to, which will help tremendously.  I’ve got lots of ideas, but not sure how it will be fleshed out into a novel!  Seems pretty daunting to me, but maybe it’s worth a try, right? 

To start this process off, I shall see if I can at least make one blog entry per day for several months, until I can get my creative juices flowing, ideas pouring out, and then I shall be the next great American Novelist!   

If anyone has any suggestions, tips, or otherwise, PLEASE let me know!!!  I am all ears.  (or is it all ‘eyes’?)