NaNoWriMo '12

     Anybody who has been reading my blog for a year (which must have been a mightily boring endeavor, so thank you) knows about NaNoWriMo.  This is an event that occupies many aspiring writers during November.  This is National Novel Writing Month, when you must write 50,000 words (or more, or less; whatever you put as your goal) in one month.  That's 1,667 words a day.  That's a lot.
     Last year, it didn't work.  I ended up putting up a whole load of nonsense about aliens (sasquatches) that looked like centaurs, except with squids instead of human torsos.  I liked it because it was so goofy, but it never really got off the ground.

     This year, I'm basically writing a fanfic about World of Warcraft.  It's set in that world (and is told from the viewpoints of a female blood elf and a male dwarf) and so far I've gotten up to 3,535 words.  And that is what that little thing on the side of my blog is about.  The view that says "Sashafia" and has the little squares.  The red squares mark the days I wrote very little, the green ones show the days that I did very well, and the yellow ones I did OK.
     As some of you know, this is also the month in which Pembroke Academy puts on its musical (this year it's Aida with music by Elton John) and this year I am playing piano for it.  Which takes up a huge amount of my time.
     So, basically, this year I have an even smaller chance of finishing my novel than I did last year.  But I'm still optimistic.  This year, only if I finish my novel will I put it up on this site.  And even then, it probably won't be until the end of December (the month when you're supposed to edit and revise your novel).  So I may or may not be keeping you posted throughout November; it depends on whether I want to do any extra writing or not.