NaNoWriMo is Coming!

Today I just signed on for NaNoWriMo, better known as National Novel Writing Month!
The basic idea behind NaNoWriMo is to write a novel within the span of a month - the one in question being that of November - and keep a log of your progress. I had first heard of NaNoWriMo last year in December from a friend (so I naturally had missed it), but upon being introduced to this concept, I knew I had to jump at the next opportunity! ... and so that is why I waited until a week before November to sign up.

NaNoWriMo will be a perfect opportunity to attempt writing the Ghosts of Eternity premier novel: Of Druids of Mages, the first in the planned Hidden History trilogy. The Hidden History series will cover the coming conflict between the Oriel Host and the druids and mages who dwell in the frozen Fringelands and the efforts of a small group to stop the bloodshed before it starts. For as terrible as the war would be, another threat looms on the horizon: one that has set the blood feud in motion to keep its own agenda from being realized. One that will break the laws that all creatures, be they god or mortal, are bound to.

Over the course of NaNoWriMo, I will be posting weekly updates here as to the progress, and once a week I will be posting excerpts as well on a separate day. Although I may not be able to finish, I'm hoping this will help me set up a regimen and give me more of a devoted timetable to go on for my writing. Also, if I hope to achieve the things I want to, I have to get this novel written. I need to get something done.

I've gone past the need for the 500-words-a-day routine. I can type as many as 3,000 or more on days when I can sit down and type without distractions. I just need to cut those distractions out and devote more time. Because I need to. Because the writing deserves it.

Best of luck to everyone working on NaNoWriMo. And thank you all.