National Novel Writing Month and the beginning of Christmas

It is that time of the year again! National Novel Writing Month AND the time of the year when many people, including myself consider it to be the beginning of the holiday season.

Yes, I am one of THOSE people. I am the reason Christmas decorations go on sale the day after Halloween. I am part of the problem. What are you going to do about it? I will force Christmas cheer down your throat. I do admit though that the fact that most of the trees are still green in Seattle definitely puts a damper on the spirit. Oh well. I will jingle bell rock on anyway. I bought a Christmas themed oven mitt from Goodwill for my apartment (whenever I get one). I am determined to be full of cheer.

In Birmingham, my former home, it is around this time they put up the German Christmas Market in the city center, so really I am just following a precedent.

Apart from the beginning of Christmas, it is also NaNoWriMo. Yes that is a really long abbreviation. This is my second year where I am attempting to participate. Basically you try to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. You are *supposed* to write like 1,600 words a day. That didn't really happen last year, but this year I want to do better. If you want to track my progress, you can follow my profile here. If you are participating as well, add me as a writing buddy! We can do this together!

If you look, my word count is just north of 15,000 words right now. I promise I did not write that in one day. It is the accumulation of almost 2 years worth of work...which is pretty sad.

I hope to see you all writing away! I am off to attempt my best now. Good luck and HAPPY HOLUDAYS! :D :D :D