Participate in Nanowrimo yearly

This will not happen this year. My OPO (very important oral exam) is due Nov 15 and will probably occur the first week of November. I will then need some time of mental recovery, and then I will have to make up for any research that got waylaid at the end of the OPO process. I don’t see having the amount of time it takes to write 50,000 words in one month.

Well, I don’t know that I really have time to write 50k words in November as a chemistry graduate student who has a husband, two kids, three cats, and one new puppy who commutes one hour each way to school four days per week, but I scheduled it in, and I know what I want to write.

I also re-signed up as a member of Nanowrimo. My reward is always to get the t-shirt if I finish.

I participated and acheived the novel in 2003. Too busy in 2004 with grad school. 2005 is doubtful, but I plan to at least try this year.

By the way, my novel for 2003 was entitled Run with Me. Just sort of a marker. You can see the shirt for Nanowrimo in my photo, which is what I rewarded myself with for finishing that year.