Preparing for NaNoWriMo... or not

It's been months since my last post on this blog. It's alarmingly late in October, and that means it's almost time for National Novel Writing Month, the biggest and most chaotic, fast-paced event in writing.

I haven't written one paragraph of a novel or short story since that last post.

Suffice to say, this will be interesting. I usually come in with a pretty good idea of what I'm going to write about when November begins. But this year, despite everything, I have decided to go in with no plans at all, writing aimlessly until something comes together. As a result, expect me to start talking about how silly it is.

That is to say, I'm expecting it to result in many more blog posts over the course of the month. That's really not something I've ever tried to do before either, but I'm hoping with no plot ready I won't mind doing crazy things with my novel rather than spending 5000 words on "metanovel" where I literally write about how frustrating it is to keep writing.

So come back and check this blog throughout November. I'm resolving not to disappoint you.