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I first heard about National Novel Writing Month a few years back, and it seemed to me to be the mother of all writing dares. I've been at this writing-and-submitting-and-journaling-online-about-it thing since November of 1998, the month and year of the first NaNoWriMo. So both this journal and NaNoWriMo are seven years old. To date, my longest piece of fiction is just over 12,000 words (and 12=3x4; 3+4=7). The last time I attempted to write anything longer that that, I was in seventh grade. So you'd think the planets are aligned (all seven of them; Pluto's out and I'm thinking they're gonna relabel Jupiter as a sun soon anyway), trying to tell me that this is the year. But, alas, though I consider taking part every year, I have decied once again that this isn't the right time for me. But not for lack of writing. I have three short stories, some sonnets, and a comics project I need to write this month, and, considering I'm generally such a slow writer that I'm lucky to finish a decent short story in a quarter, it's probably not a good idea to try and tackle a lesser-priority novel on top of all that. Maybe next year. But to those about to NoWri, I salute you. Filed under Journal, Prose and Poetry, Vanity Smurf, Writing Dares  
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