With the arrival of November, Celebrating All Things Spooky is at an end until next year… and NaNoWriMo has begun.

If you’re unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, it stands for National Novel Writing Month, a challenge to write a 50,000-word novel in November.

As is my habit, I stayed up to get started at midnight. Right now, I have just over 5,000 words written of my new novel, so I’m off to a good start.

This year, I’m writing a comedy detective story about a man who decides to become a private detective in the belief that he’ll get simple cases, like finding a lost pet, only to get mixed up in a case far beyond what he ever prepared for.

The idea has been in my head for a while now, so I’m excited to finally start writing and see where it leads.

My writing also has faltered a bit this year, because I’ve been trying to edit a horror novel that just won’t cooperate., so it feels good to be working on a brand new novel again.

Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Let’s all give it our best and get some novels written!

Yes, it’s that time of year again! NaNoWriMo is here!

For those of you who don’t know, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. For the month of November, writers challenge themselves to complete a 50,000 word novel.

I’ve done it for several years now, with results that range from me finishing up an 80,000 word novel ahead of the deadline to scraping by with a 50,000 word disaster at the very end.

Last year was the latter, because I barely had an idea going into November, but this year I’m more confident in my story. This year’s NaNoWriMo project is a fantasy novel with a loose retelling of The Little Mermaid that involves an eldritch artifact being taken from the bottom of the ocean.

I’m already over 13,000 words and I have a good idea of where I want the story to go next, so things are looking good.

What about you? Are you participating in NaNoWriMo this year?