Challenging the slacker

Some of you know that I spent a portion of last year unemployed. (Quick recap for newbies: the Patriot column is not my full time gig - a dream that would be, but alas, Harrisburg nightlife, while thriving, does not yet warrant a reporter to cover 40 or so hours a week and therefore does not compensate one the way a 9-5er does.)

Phew. Now that is out of the way.

So, I spent all of this time "freelancing from home," as I like to call it - and I did a fair share - extra P-N stories, the US Airways piece, other stuff I'm not recalling.

But what I always wanted to do was to write a book. And heck, I had the time to start one, at least, right? I even signed up for NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, which challenges the aspiring author to pen 50,000 words in the month of November. I hardly did a lick.

I'm not proud of those days of anti-productivity (though they did lead me to finally find a good job, plus I baked a lot), and so today I web-blicly challenge myself to NaNoWriMo 2006.

I don't know my topic; I don't know my plot. I don't even really have characters.

I do have a couple crazy ideas. We'll just have to see what happens.

Wish me luck, or join the effort.

Comments

[Scott]

Good luck on your NaNoWriMo novel. I will check in to see how you are making out through out November.