No No to the NaNo

It's National Novel Writing Month and I can honestly say...

There is no freaking way I will ever get a full novel written in one month. So I'm not even gonna try.

I'm the type of writer who tries to get everything right the first time. Or at least "right enough" that I only have to re-draft seven or eight times.

I work full time, take care of three kids and a husband (so you might as well count that as four kids), help with homework, write, exercise, blog, be a friend, and try to sneak in a few hours of sleep every night. If that makes you tired, it should. It certainly makes me tired.

But I'm off on a tangent. I guess what I'm trying to say is that there isn't much room in my life to do things a million times because I didn't get it right the first go around.

Anyway...I did think it would be a good time to set a lofty goal for myself in regards to my writing, because frankly, the other facets of my life have almost nixed my attempts to get something on the page. Therefore--

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My humongous goal--that is going to be stinking impossible to accomplish, but I am determined to do it--is toWrite 30,000 words in the month of November on my current manuscript.

I figure that if I "Put it out there" then I will be more likely to try to accomplish said goal. It will be HARD. But isn't that what a lofty goal is supposed to be?

So GO AHEAD...

DO IT...

MAKE A CRAZY RANDOM GOAL OF YOUR OWN.

RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT THIS SECOND!
What is your goal for the month of November?

Summer of ME!

In the last couple of week, I have been stalking blogs like a blogophile. I found this really fun BLOG HOP BONANZA at the blog: Cheap Therapy. (link below)
Basically, the goal is to be as SELF CENTERED as possible, by focusing on what you specifically want to accomplish by the end of this summer. It's a mini-bucket list idea. Which I LOVE!
So here is my list of things I want to accomplish to make this summer all about ME. :-)
1. Finish the major revisions on my Deception Virus manuscript and send it to the agent who has requested it.
2. Start a brand spanking new relationship with a fresh manuscript. (Or start a new book)
3. Play with my friends at least once a week. I finally have friends for the first time in years and I just love spending time with them. Now I have to do it because I put it on this list. Yay Me!
4. Keep up my Sparkle Toes and get pedicures when I actually need it. I want my toes to be cute at the pool.
5. Get a natural looking spray tan and have a professional photo of myself taken. Something delicious to put on the back cover of my book when it gets published. :-)
6. Go to the gym again after four years of absence. I want to learn kick boxing I think and then make my arms look cute. My arms are my least favorite part of my body. Too flabby.
7. Read a little bit every day while I make my kids read.
That's it. I don't want to make myself too perfect. There has to be something left to accomplish in the fall.
Now YOU! Go again. Make this the 'Summer of Me'. Follow the link, sign up, and post.
Go Ahead--GET SELFISH!
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