It's NaNoWriMo time!
NaNo (not to be confused with those cute little iPods) is a wild and crazy 50,000 word novel writing experience that takes place every November. This is my 5th year attempting this feat and it's going to be an interesting one. Mostly because I don't have 30 days. Due to various planned out of state trips and family obligations I have about 22 days. And that's if we stay in Maryland for Thanksgiving (by ourselves, *sobs*).
The obvious solution would be a laptop. Which I don't have. And every year about this time I think, hey I should buy a nice used refurbished laptop. And every year I really don't have the money to buy a $200 laptop just to write a 50,000 word mess that will never make any money (well I should never say never but I have a better chance of winning the lottery and I don't play). I just bought a new digital camera and the New York trip itself is going to be a huge drain on the bank account.
Speaking of the New York trip, it's also sucking up 6 precious days of November. So if we would skip it, I'd have money for a laptop and extra writing time. But then I wouldn't need to buy a laptop because the reason for the laptop is to write while on the New York trip. Ugh, my brain hurts. Course we have unrefundable Broadway and hotel reservations. Oh and my in-laws would be pissed (they are going with us! Hi! I'm excited! Really!) and the girls would be devastated not to go to the American Girl Place. Me, people, we're talking about me here and my obsession to write 50,000 words of dribble once a year.
Where was I? Oh yeah, November, lots of words, no laptop, new T-shirt. New T-shirt!
(Why do my glasses make me look like I haven't slept in days and I run a meth lab out of the basement with all the Sudafed I buy? Also? Really need to do something with my hair.)
Here's a better picture of the t-shirt. I'm glad to see it's wrinkled on their models too because man, this fabric must be related to uh, something that wrinkles easily. I refuse to iron a t-shirt that just came out of the dryer on principle.
Oh I do have a plot. And characters. But I'll have to go into all that another day because I have 2 Halloween costumes to finish and one crazy Brownie mom (not the one who lost the order form/still hasn't picked up her cookies) that doesn't understand that just because she mistakenly wrote down her brother owes $7 (2 boxes) but he only ordered 1 box and that I caught her mistake and only gave her 1 box for him doesn't mean I owe her $3.50 or a box of cookies because she hasn't even paid me any money in the first place. (Her brother really did only order 1 box, she does agree that's correct.) Just give him his money back which I don't have because yes, she agrees she hasn't given me any yet. She's making a mistake over a mistake and driving me insane. I think I'm going to have to meet her in person because three emails and a phone call have not "fixed" this in her mind. *bangs head on desk*
(Back on topic, if you want to read about my previous NaNoWriMo's, go to my Writings page.)
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