NaNo I don't know
Last fall, after I successfully completed a month of hell of NaNoWriMo, I was talking about it to a friend I have in Georgia, I know her through an MSN group I belong to. We have never MIRL, but we have talked on the phone. She's a real Georgia Peach. She loved the NaNo idea, had never heard of it, and she and I decided back then to try it this year.
She just posted a message about it on our board. Kind of a "Are you ready for some NaNo?" to the tune of that Monday Night Football tune...
Shit I am not ready. I bet I could be, but what kind of stress would that put on my job(s) and my schoolwork, and my family and my marriage. I had time to work on it last year because it did not matter how long I spent tapping away at the keys and how late I was up doing it. The dogs did not mind at all. JP might mind. JP doesn't get it though. He doesn't have any clue (I don't think) how important writing is to me. I think it's hard for him to grasp because writing and reading great books has never been high on his list of important things. I do this blog, just for the sake of seeing my thoughts OUT THERE... doesn't matter that it's not a novel, it's my thoughts, MY WORDS out of my head and into OUT THERE.
But things are just too nuts this year for me to even consider NaNoWriMo. I think next year, I could be ready, I could give it a real shot again. Next year I will not be a student, and I will only have work and family.
NaNo, I DO know. No.
Not this year. Yes, being a writer, being a PUBLISHED writer is a real dream of mine, but so is getting my degree. And having a great marriage. Some dreams have to be moved to the back burner occasionally. Maybe they'll stay there forever, maybe they will be moved up again some day. I just don't have enough front burners these days.
She just posted a message about it on our board. Kind of a "Are you ready for some NaNo?" to the tune of that Monday Night Football tune...
Shit I am not ready. I bet I could be, but what kind of stress would that put on my job(s) and my schoolwork, and my family and my marriage. I had time to work on it last year because it did not matter how long I spent tapping away at the keys and how late I was up doing it. The dogs did not mind at all. JP might mind. JP doesn't get it though. He doesn't have any clue (I don't think) how important writing is to me. I think it's hard for him to grasp because writing and reading great books has never been high on his list of important things. I do this blog, just for the sake of seeing my thoughts OUT THERE... doesn't matter that it's not a novel, it's my thoughts, MY WORDS out of my head and into OUT THERE.
But things are just too nuts this year for me to even consider NaNoWriMo. I think next year, I could be ready, I could give it a real shot again. Next year I will not be a student, and I will only have work and family.
NaNo, I DO know. No.
Not this year. Yes, being a writer, being a PUBLISHED writer is a real dream of mine, but so is getting my degree. And having a great marriage. Some dreams have to be moved to the back burner occasionally. Maybe they'll stay there forever, maybe they will be moved up again some day. I just don't have enough front burners these days.
3 comments:
I think you're being very smart about this. Sometimes dreams do need to shift. But don't give up on the dream of writing! I always like reading here and I promise to be your first customer when you get that book published!
And by the way...I dig the dirty almost porn on paper kind of books. Just saying...
Steff, you may want to reconsider your promise, I don't do porn on paper (altho I do share your digging of it!) My project last year was a bit more morose and dark. I think by the end, the death toll was up to 6 or 7...
If Stephen King, Dean Koontz types are not your cup of tea, I wouldn't hold it against you if you broke that first customer promise!
Well, I do like a good murder mystery. I remember reading Dolores Claiborne and getting creeped out of my skin. That's the only Steven King book I've read but I like his movies....in the daytime, with all the lights on. LOL
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