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NaBloPoMo is here! Let the writing begin

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Today marks the beginning of another round of National Blog Posting Month, a good exercise for us mad-crazy writers who need more excuses to belly up at the keyboard.

The best part of NaBloPoMo (can you say that five times fast?) is the discipline of writing daily: You must post. I suspect pictures and video do not count. Since you must post original writing to your blog everyday for the month of June, that doesn’t give you a lot of time to worry about if the writing is as perfect as you would like.

Write fast, write brave. Or fail. This is not the task for the wimpy blogger.

This blog has seen me take this challenge on before and I almost made it, yet was foiled by a failing clock battery. This month I vow to do better, lasting to the bitter glorious end.

I will not be defeated by a faulty kitchen clock.

And honestly, I need a challenge. My blogging here has been quite uninspired and lacking in drive, going weeks with me updating. I’m hoping NaBloPoMo will help me to get into a good rhythm so I can continue to write everyday beyond June 30.

Who is brave enough to join me?

It’s only 9:30 p.m. – you still have time to make today’s deadline if you haven’t written yet today.

Day 24

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This is my 24th consecutive day of blogging with National Blog Posting Month. For those of you unaware of the rules: post to your blog everyday of the month. Simple, yes. Easy, no. Tonight, I’m really glad there aren’t 31 days in November.

The problem isn’t in the finding the time to write here, it’s the time of day that I write that makes it difficult. Take today for example. It was busy with a run into town for foodstuff for Thanksgiving, and much to my surprise, the grocery was crowded. I’d hoped to avoid the crowd by not going yesterday. I guess everyone had the great idea I did.

Before I did grocery shopping, I popped into one of those big chain stores specializing in housewares  because I knew I would get good deals with it’s going-out-of-business sale. And I was right. I loves me some new bath towels.

Being as I am one of those home schooling moms that rarely goes anywhere without the kids in tow, all four were with me. Again, to the unknowing: that makes the shopping take at least twice as long. Not that the kids are naughty, it’s just that when you go out with a crowd, that’s what happens. Plus, I’m not a naturally fast shopper. I stood in front of the bathrobes and did this internal debate:

Doc wants a bathrobe. These look nice, but it’s a designer label. Does the man need a designer bathrobe? It’s 30 percent off, that’s not bad, but 50 percent would be better. I can’t find a price tag. Maybe I should wait. Target bathrobes might be cheaper. Uh-oh. What are the kids doing to that end cap?

I didn’t buy the bathrobe, in case you were wondering.

So that was my day. Debating the pros and cons of spending money in the isles of two stores, unloading groceries, laundry, dinner and AWANA. Now it’s 9:30 at night and Lucy just ran down the hall crying she bit her finger.

Huh?

My brain is done. No promises tomorrow will be any better.

Peace out.

(My apologies to Jack Bauer fans who for a moment thought I would be waxing poetic regarding their favorite TV spy. Brain too mushy to change the title now.)

Practicing for November: National Blog Posting Month

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I don’t really have anything of great importance to say at the moment, but I want to write anyway. It’s good practice for next month, and since it’s so freezing in my office, I’m hoping even the slightest exertion will generate body heat. At least my fingertips will be warm.

Did you know I have an office, like a real writer? Actually, it’s not that impressive; it’s only a spare bedroom that may convert back to guest or kid room if we need it. Right now everybody around here shares a bedroom. The two girls together. Two boys bunk in the next room. Susan and Lucy have the biggest age difference, and I was concerned tween and toddler wouldn’t mix, but Susan adores her sister, so it’s going well.

The boys wanted to separate several months ago. No way, I told them.

“Nobody gets their own room. Even mommy and daddy have to share.”

Feel free to borrow that line if you need it.

So like I said, this is all just practice for next month. November is National Blog Posting Month, and for the first time, I’m going to participate. The whole thing is a play on the more widely known National Novel Writing Month, when you attempt to write a full-length novel from November 1 to 30.

I’ll take a pass on the novel writing gig.

I’m confident I can post a fairly interesting post here everyday in November. I’m already posting at least three to four times a week, so with a little more effort I can make it daily. There’s no rule every post has to be informative, intelligent or compelling, and normally I try to hit at least one of those three, but when it’s 11:46 pm on November 26, and I got nothin’, I’m not going to care what I get onto the page. I’ll just be showing up at that point. And a lot of times, just showing up is half the battle. I suspect there is a Scripture that applies, but I can’t think of it. My hands are too cold to type anymore.

Let me know if sign up for NaBloPoMo or if you’re crazy brave enough to try NaNoWriMo. You can also check out all the pretty bling in my sidebar relating to NaBloPoMo. Me likey new widgets. Sigh. So shiny.