It's True!

Well, it's true.  I'm writing a novel in November.  

I joined NaNoWriMo this year and am enjoying the process and the challenge. 

I just logged in a total of 17,963 words after my 7th day.  Don't think they all are spelled correctly or editted.  That will come.  For now I'm just enjoying being a writer with a huge goal ahead of me.

I'm writing a young person's novel.  The main characters are a young girl, Nila and a young boy, Peiter.  Peiter lives in a gypsy community, in Germany.  Nila lives on an Amish farm, in the eastern part of America.  How they meet?  I guess you'll have to read my novel.

I'll have written 50,000 words by the last day of November.  Holden, my son, is my buddy.  He accomplished his novel in 2013 with NaNoWriMo and is writing again this year.  That's how I heard about this great idea and thought I'd try it.

I included some facts on the program.

NaNoWriMo Facts and Stats

National Novel Writing Month was established in 1999. It is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes stories matter.

During NaNoWriMo 2013:

• 310,095 participants started the month as auto mechanics, out-of-work actors, and middle school English teachers. They walked away novelists.
• 651 volunteer Municipal Liaisons guided 595 regions on six continents.
• 89,500 students and educators created worlds through the Young Writers Program.
• 650 libraries opened their doors to novelists through the Come Write In program.
• And in 2014, 55,774 Campers participated in Camp NaNoWriMo’s online writing retreat.

Over 250 NaNoWriMo novels have been traditionally published. They include Sara Gruen’sWater for Elephants, Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, Hugh Howey’s Wool, Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, Jason Hough’s The Darwin Elevator, and Marissa Meyer’s Cinder. See a full list of our published authors.

Each year, authors offer encouraging pep talks to our participants. Our 2014 author mentors are Veronica Roth, Tamora Pierce, Brandon Sanderson, Chuck Wendig, Kami Garcia, and Jim Butcher.