Happy November!
….how the heck is it November already?! GAH. I know I say that every year, but SERIOUSLY, time, what with the fast forward?
It’s been a busy weekend around here, what with parent teacher conferences, two days off school, AND Halloween, too. With all of that comes November, and two of my favorite events of the year: NaNoWriMo, and NaBloPoMo!
I’ve done National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) before – successfully – but not for a couple years. This year I decided to dip my toes into the writing arena again. If you, or your teen, enjoy writing, I highly recommend this effort! While it seems a daunting task, and celebrates quantity vs quality for this roughest of rough drafts, it’s a great exercise in just breaking through the wall and getting words down on paper (or screen) so that you’ve someplace to start. The Nano-ers are a great bunch of people, encouraging and fun as we go mad doing our best to write 1667 words a day, and finish November with a novel ready for editing! If you or your teen are participating, let me know!
National Blog Posting Month (NaBloPoMo) is the blogger’s answer to NaNoWriMo started back in 2006. Bloggers get together and resolve to post once a day every day for the month of November. Remember, if you do anything every day for 21 days, it officially becomes a habit! So this month, here at ParentingTeensBlog, I’m going to do my darndest to post every single day, and be successful at NaBloPoMo – while simultaneously writing a bunch of words that might someday grow up to be an actual novel at NaNoWriMo.
I’m well aware I’m insane. So who wants to join with me and do it too? Come on, it’ll be FUN! Around here, just this week, I’ve Halloween Tales, Diamond Rings, and Stalkers that turn out to be Childhood BFFs!
Here’s to an AWESOME November!
