For those of you that haven’t heard about it NANOWRIMO stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it’s November.  I don’t know how many years it’s been going on, but I’ve never thought I could devote the time to it that it deserves. I was wrong.  Since the beginning of November I have been able to write 10,000 words.  Not quite what the program encourages (in other words I won’t meet the 50K they enourage you to write), but I only need about 20K more words to finish my novel.  How cool is that? 

I’m excited that I’ve been able to make time for it and it’s proven to me that you can do it and hold down a full time job, a part time job, and still get the laundry done.  The house is a mess, but my spouse isn’t complaining so why should I?  It’s only for a month.  What it also proves to me is that there is no excuse to not find time to write, even 15 minutes a day.

An interesting thing happened to me the other day while I was writing.  My husband came in and asked me if I was done writing for the day.  I looked at the clock and an hour had passed, it was bed time.  “I thought you were going to take a shower,” I said.  “I did, that’s what all that water running was all about,” he said.  Hmmm. I never heard it and it’s in the next room.  Being totally into the story and hearing the voices of your characters can blot everything out, even the sounds of running water. 

So, no more excuses for me or for you.  Make time to write.  It’s well worth it.

Enjoy the journey,

BD