November Writing Month Check-In

In the past few weeks, I've heard all kinds of creative alternatives to NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) that are popping up.  Many former Municipal Liaisons are distancing their regions from the original organization after the scandals of the past year or two.  I've heard it called NoNoWriMo (presumably November Novel Writing Month, although "No No" is spot on too), TNT (That November Thing), and of course, our region is calling it FauxNoWriMo.

The point is, NaNoWriMo has become a movement that goes beyond the parent organization.  You can take the MLs out of NaNoWriMo, but you can't take NaNoWriMo out of the MLs or the wrimos!  We're all still writing and doing our own things.

The month has been tough for me due to my cat's illness.  Her care has been demanding and the cost has been high, prompting us to start a GoFundMeow in the hopes of getting a little money toward the ongoing expenses.  (Donations and especially shares are appreciated, thank you!)  I've been so stressed out that I've had a hard time eating, plus I've been pretty sleep deprived from staying up until 3am and 4am to give her water in the wee hours of the morning.  And, of course, I haven't had a lot of time to work on much else, so I'm way behind in writing.  I'm only at 9,830 words so far this month, when usually I'd be at around 20,000 words by this point in November.

I'm still plugging away, though, and considering everything that's been going on, I've given myself permission not to make 50,000 words.  It's more important to me that I write every day as much as possible.  I did miss several days early on in the month, but currently I've written six days in a row, and I hope to keep the streak going.  Even if I only get a couple hundred words written on any given day, it's still progress.  I feel like finding time to write at all right now should be celebrated!

I hope everyone else's November writing project is going well too.  If anyone has lost communication with their region and is missing the feeling of community, please feel free to visit FauxNoWriMo.com, sign up for our mailing list, and check out our calendar of events.  Most of our events are in the Denver area, but we do have some virtual write-ins, and we welcome all writers!