Wow...it has been way too long since I've last posted. Sorry guys! Nothing all that interesting has happened, though...I went home to Toronto for Thanksgiving weekend three weeks ago, and I've been midterm-ing it up ever since. I actually have a midterm this afternoon, but clearly I'm not that worried about it.
So Monday is Halloween! Are you guys excited? Do you have any fun plans? What are you dressing up as? I'm actually severely disappointed with my costume. Usually I have really great costumes but this year... I just had no ideas. Last night I finally decided I was going to dress up as Cinna, from The Hunger Games, mostly because it's a really easy costume and it didn't require me to go buy anything to complete it. I'll post either pictures or a video of my costume...hopefully it's not a huge fail.*
In other news, the day after Halloween is November first (duh Seana) which is also known as the first day of NaNoWriMo!! I am so excited about NaNo this year. For those who don't know, it's a month-long challenge to write a 50 000-word novel. Sounds crazy, right? That's the best part!
I did NaNo last year, and reached the 50 000 word mark on the 29th, and ended my novel with just over 60 000 words. This year is going to be slightly more difficult, because I'm now working as well as being in school. But, the way I see it, the minimum of 1667 words per day really isn't that much. I mean, it's not like I need to be writing for something ridiculous like ten hours a day just to reach the goal. A couple hours a day is all it really takes. And, of course, on days when I have more writing time, I can use it to get ahead and maybe finish even earlier.
Are any of you planning on doing NaNoWriMo this year? Let me know if you are, and add me as a writing buddy! And, if you've ever had even the slightest inkling of wanting to write, I strongly encourage you to do it! I mean, even if you don't think you'll make it to 50 000, that's OK! 50 000 is just a number arbitrarily picked by the people at NaNoWriMo. Even if you can only make it to 10 000 or 15 000 words, that's still 10 000 or 15 000 more words than you would have written if you had never even tried.
So, the moral of the story is, I am a huge supporter of NaNoWriMo and I strongly encourage everyone to try it, no matter what! Also, starting next week I will be going into hibernation for a month, but hopefully I'll come out of it with another novel under my belt!
Flights taken this year: 20
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*No one is going to have any idea who I am. This sucks.
