I should, I real­ly should. NaNoW­riMo, I mean. I’m between books, I have a pret­ty good sized ker­nel of an idea, and…it is the sea­son. But, I prob­a­bly won’t.

Make that, I should, I real­ly should. I can do it, I real­ly can. Fifty thou­sand words toward a new man­u­script. How appeal­ing is that? A big boost on cre­ativ­i­ty. And…it is the season.

But, I’m in the midst of work­ing toward get­ting the com­plet­ed one pub­lished. I’ve just com­mit­ted to a reju­ve­nat­ing cri­tique group. I’m final­iz­ing a cou­ple of short sto­ries. Thanks­giv­ing is com­ing. Novem­ber is a short month as it is (by one day, but who’s counting).

Maybe I can get all that done next week and start NaNo late. (You know, do the Scar­let option and think about it tomorrow.)

The first time I NaNoed I piled up just over the fifty thou­sand words.

Yeah, but the sec­ond time I real­ly tanked.

But, but, that idea did­n’t real­ly pan out. And I suc­cess­ful­ly com­plet­ed a mini-NaNo last July. Does­n’t that count?

At this stage, I must admit, I start all over at the top with the same arguments.

I think I’ll stay in Scar­let-land for a while. After all, it is a whole two more days until November.

How about you? Will you NaNoW­riMo this year?