NaNoWriMo 2013

OK people, this is the year, I WILL COMPLETE NANOWRIMO! Sorry for the yelling :), but I need a bit of fanfare, something to get me motivated...to put it simple, something to put my butt in gear.  I have known about NaNoWriMo for probably about 5-6 years and with it commencing on my birthday, November 1st, I thought for sure this was a sign....the universe was telling me to finally write my novel and NaNoWriMo was to be the vehicle to drive my novel out of my mind and onto the page.  Well, 6 years and 0 Novels later I am remiss to say the Universe may have given me the sign, but I clearly ignored it, until now.  

Having registered for NaNoWriMo yet again, I am looking for a few good buddies, "won't you be my Buddy?' I am going to need the proverbial "kick in the keester" every now and then, so if you have a brand new pair of steel-toe boots that you are dying to break in, follow my blog and my Facebook Page where I will be posting my daily word count...OK, maybe not daily, but at least 2-3x a week.  I will make every effort to post daily, even it is just a picture of me about to throw my laptop through a plate glass window! 

What tools do you use to assist you with NaNoWriMo?  Do you have a book? A teleportation device to take you back to November 1st? Anything? Please someone, anyone, throw me a bone! :) I intend on using the following book that I have had for many moons, but have yet to utilize, First Draft in 30 DaysBy Karen Wiesner.  I am praying that this book, prayer and a lot of caffeine I will come out of the month of November the author of a Novel. 

250 Words a Day Challenge - My New Inspiration

I will use this as an additional source of inspiration, because let's me honest. I have had "How-to" books forever, but they are fun to read and (if they are good) very informative. And don't get me wrong I will be utilizing the books that I have named in previous posts and other books; but I want something a little more interactive, so when I can across this 250 word a Day challenge; I thought it was perfect.  The website has other challenges 500 & 1000 words a day, but right now those word counts seem somewhat daunting. So I will start at the bottom and work my way up.  In the website it states that you can count blogging, even twittering towards your word count, but that seems to be "cheating", so I will only use twitter & my blogging on low word count days (LOL).  My internal goal will be to write 250 words towards my Novel daily, starting tommorrow. Ok, OK...I'll start today.  If you would like to take the challenge too, check out Inky Girl's 250 Word a Day Challenge. Happy Writing & see you in 250 words.